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Kastral - Big Baddy Birds
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $151.39
Salt sum: 28.41
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Commander

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Kastral, the Windcrested

Flying Whenever one or more Birds you control deal combat damage to a player, choose one — • You may put a Bird creature card from your hand or graveyard onto the battlefield with a finality counter on it. • Put a +1/+1 counter on each Bird you control. • Draw a card.

Creature
Kastral, the Windcrested (blb) 221

Commander

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S1 Protection

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Akroma's Will

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Creatures you control gain flying, vigilance, and double strike until end of turn. • Creatures you control gain lifelink, indestructible, and protection from each color until end of turn.

Instant
Akroma's Will (lcc) 125
Aven Interrupter

Flash Flying When this creature enters, exile target spell. It becomes plotted. (Its owner may cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost.) Spells your opponents cast from graveyards or from exile cost {2} more to cast.

Creature
Aven Interrupter (otj) 4
Aven Mindcensor

Flash Flying If an opponent would search a library, that player searches the top four cards of that library instead.

Creature
Aven Mindcensor (clb) 688
Azorius Charm

Choose one — • Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn. • Draw a card. • Put target attacking or blocking creature on top of its owner's library.

Instant
Azorius Charm (plst) IMA-192
Dawn's Truce

Gift a card (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they draw a card before its other effects.) You and permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. If the gift was promised, permanents you control also gain indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Dawn's Truce (blb) 295
Jubilant Skybonder

Flying Creatures you control with flying have "Spells your opponents cast that target this creature cost {2} more to cast."

Creature
Jubilant Skybonder (scd) 232
Nimble Obstructionist

Flash Flying Cycling {2}{U} ({2}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card, counter target activated or triggered ability you don't control.

Creature
Nimble Obstructionist (c20) 121
Plumecreed Escort

Flash Flying When this creature enters, target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn.

Creature
Plumecreed Escort (blb) 65

S1 Protection

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Z1 Basic Lands

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Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (blb) 268
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (blb) 264

Z1 Basic Lands

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P1 Draw

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Crookclaw Elder

Flying Tap two untapped Birds you control: Draw a card. Tap two untapped Wizards you control: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Creature
Crookclaw Elder (lgn) 34
Cruel Witness

Flying Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Cruel Witness (vow) 55
Expedition Map

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Expedition Map (j22) 765
Messenger Jays

Flying Council's dilemma — When this creature enters, starting with you, each player votes for feather or quill. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature for each feather vote and draw a card for each quill vote. For each card drawn this way, discard a card.

Creature
Messenger Jays (plst) CN2-35
Sky Crier

Flying, lifelink {3}{W}: You and target opponent each draw a card.

Creature
Sky Crier (snc) 31
Tezzeret's Gambit

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.) Draw two cards, then proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Sorcery
Tezzeret's Gambit (otc) 117
Vivisurgeon's Insight

Draw three cards. Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Sorcery
Vivisurgeon's Insight (one) 77
Yanling's Harbinger

Flying When this creature enters, you may search your library and/or graveyard for a card named Mu Yanling, Celestial Wind, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you search your library this way, shuffle.

Creature
Yanling's Harbinger (m20) 289

P1 Draw

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S2 More Triggers

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Alrund's Epiphany

Create two 1/1 blue Bird creature tokens with flying. Take an extra turn after this one. Exile Alrund's Epiphany. Foretell {4}{U}{U} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Sorcery
Alrund's Epiphany (khm) 41
Aven Sunstriker

Flying Double strike (This creature deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.) Megamorph {4}{W} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Creature
Aven Sunstriker (dtk) 5
Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles

Flying Whenever Gwaihir attacks, target attacking creature gains flying until end of turn. At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, create a 3/3 white Bird creature token with flying and "Whenever this token attacks, target attacking creature gains flying until end of turn."

Creature
Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles (ltc) 15
Knightfisher

Flying Whenever another nontoken Bird you control enters, create a 1/1 blue Fish creature token.

Creature
Knightfisher (blb) 55
Roc Egg

Defender (This creature can't attack.) When this creature dies, create a 3/3 white Bird creature token with flying.

Creature
Roc Egg (c19) 73
Shrike Force

Flying, double strike, vigilance

Creature
Shrike Force (blb) 31
Thrummingbird

Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Creature
Thrummingbird (cmm) 858
Wingmate Roc

Flying Raid — When this creature enters, if you attacked this turn, create a 3/4 white Bird creature token with flying. Whenever this creature attacks, you gain 1 life for each attacking creature.

Creature
Wingmate Roc (c19) 78

S2 More Triggers

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Z2 Fixing Lands

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Azorius Guildgate

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Azorius Guildgate (clu) 230
Citadel Gate

This land enters tapped. As this land enters, choose a color other than white. {T}: Add {W} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Citadel Gate (clb) 349
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (blc) 130
Esper Panorama

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Plains, Island, or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Esper Panorama (ncc) 399
Gond Gate

Gates you control enter untapped. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color that a Gate you control could produce.

Land
Gond Gate (clb) 353
Idyllic Beachfront

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) This land enters tapped.

Land
Idyllic Beachfront (dmu) 249
Irrigated Farmland

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Irrigated Farmland (mkc) 267
Sea Gate

This land enters tapped. As this land enters, choose a color other than blue. {T}: Add {U} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Sea Gate (clb) 359
Secluded Courtyard

As this land enters, choose a creature type. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type or activate an ability of a creature source of the chosen type.

Land
Secluded Courtyard (lcc) 350
Shire Terrace

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Shire Terrace (ltr) 261

Z2 Fixing Lands

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P2 Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (blc) 127
Azorius Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Artifact
Azorius Signet (blc) 265
Cartographer's Hawk

Flying When this creature deals combat damage to a player who controls more lands than you, return it to its owner's hand. If you do, you may search your library for a Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Cartographer's Hawk (cmm) 18
Scouting Hawk

Flying Keen Sight — When this creature enters, if an opponent controls more lands than you, search your library for a basic Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Scouting Hawk (clb) 41
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (blc) 129
Warden of Evos Isle

Flying Creature spells with flying you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature
Warden of Evos Isle (scd) 63
Watcher of the Spheres

Flying Creature spells with flying you cast cost {1} less to cast. Whenever another creature you control with flying enters, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature
Watcher of the Spheres (m21) 227
Wayfarer's Bauble

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (c14) 281

P2 Ramp

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S3 ThisIsNotTheEnd

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Keeper of the Nine Gales

Flying {T}, Tap two untapped Birds you control: Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

Creature
Keeper of the Nine Gales (plst) LGN-42
Meneldor, Swift Savior

Flying Whenever Meneldor deals combat damage to a player, exile up to one target creature you own, then return it to the battlefield under your control.

Creature
Meneldor, Swift Savior (ltr) 62
Phantom Flock

Flying This creature enters with three +1/+1 counters on it. If damage would be dealt to this creature, prevent that damage. Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature.

Creature
Phantom Flock (dmr) 20
Together Forever

When this enchantment enters, support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.) {1}: Choose target creature with a counter on it. When that creature dies this turn, return that card to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Together Forever (moc) 212

S3 ThisIsNotTheEnd

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Z3 Utility Lands

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Animal Sanctuary

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target Bird, Cat, Dog, Goat, Ox, or Snake.

Land
Animal Sanctuary (plst) M21-242
Basilisk Gate

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of Gates you control. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land
Basilisk Gate (clb) 346
Emeria, the Sky Ruin

This land enters tapped. At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control seven or more Plains, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. {T}: Add {W}.

Land
Emeria, the Sky Ruin (plst) ZEN-213
Field of Ruin

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Each player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield, then shuffles.

Land
Field of Ruin (moc) 400
Hall of Oracles

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color. {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery and only if you've cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn.

Land
Hall of Oracles (stx) 267
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (otc) 313

Z3 Utility Lands

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P3 Removal

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Aerial Assault

Destroy target tapped creature. You gain 1 life for each creature you control with flying.

Sorcery
Aerial Assault (jmp) 80
Aerial Extortionist

Flying Whenever this creature enters or deals combat damage to a player, exile up to one target nonland permanent. For as long as that card remains exiled, its owner may cast it. Whenever another player casts a spell from anywhere other than their hand, draw a card.

Creature
Aerial Extortionist (mkc) 54
Aven Cloudchaser

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) When this creature enters, destroy target enchantment.

Creature
Aven Cloudchaser (10e) 7
Cloudchaser Eagle

Flying When this creature enters, destroy target enchantment.

Creature
Cloudchaser Eagle (7ed) 11
Cloudchaser Kestrel

Flying When this creature enters, destroy target enchantment. {W}: Target permanent becomes white until end of turn.

Creature
Cloudchaser Kestrel (tsp) 10
Generous Gift

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.

Instant
Generous Gift (blc) 106
Lieutenant Kirtar

Flying {1}{W}, Sacrifice Lieutenant Kirtar: Exile target attacking creature.

Creature
Lieutenant Kirtar (dmr) 12
Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Path to Exile (blc) 147
Stroke of Midnight

Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Instant
Stroke of Midnight (woe) 33
Swooping Talon

Flying {1}: This creature loses flying until end of turn. Provoke (Whenever this creature attacks, you may have target creature defending player controls untap and block it if able.)

Creature
Swooping Talon (lgn) 23
Thraben Charm

Choose one — • Thraben Charm deals damage equal to twice the number of creatures you control to target creature. • Destroy target enchantment. • Exile any number of target players' graveyards.

Instant
Thraben Charm (mh3) 45
Wanderer's Strike

Exile target creature, then proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Sorcery
Wanderer's Strike (cmm) 69

P3 Removal

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S4 Anthems

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Eagles of the North

Flying When this creature enters, creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn. Plainscycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Creature
Eagles of the North (ltr) 7
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Vigilance Other creatures you control get +2/+2. Creatures your opponents control get -2/-2.

Creature
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite (plst) IMA-18
Empyrean Eagle

Flying Other creatures you control with flying get +1/+1.

Creature
Empyrean Eagle (scd) 226
Gravitational Shift

Creatures with flying get +2/+0. Creatures without flying get -2/-0.

Enchantment
Gravitational Shift (scd) 54
Gwaihir the Windlord

This spell costs {2} less to cast as long as you've drawn two or more cards this turn. Flying, vigilance Other Birds you control have vigilance.

Creature
Gwaihir the Windlord (ltr) 210
High Sentinels of Arashin

Flying This creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it. {3}{W}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Creature
High Sentinels of Arashin (moc) 189
Kangee's Lieutenant

Flying Whenever this creature attacks, attacking creatures with flying get +1/+1 until end of turn. Encore {5}{W} ({5}{W}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Kangee's Lieutenant (scd) 27
Kangee, Sky Warden

Flying, vigilance Whenever Kangee attacks, attacking creatures with flying get +2/+0 until end of turn. Whenever Kangee blocks, blocking creatures with flying get +0/+2 until end of turn.

Creature
Kangee, Sky Warden (scd) 234
Mirror Entity

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) {X}: Until end of turn, creatures you control have base power and toughness X/X and gain all creature types.

Creature
Mirror Entity (otc) 83
Mu Yanling, Celestial Wind

+1: Until your next turn, up to one target creature gets -5/-0. −3: Return up to two target creatures to their owners' hands. −7: Creatures you control with flying get +5/+5 until end of turn.

Planeswalker
Mu Yanling, Celestial Wind (m20) 286
Murmuration

Birds you control get +1/+1 and have vigilance. At the beginning of your end step, for each spell you've cast this turn, create a 1/2 blue Bird creature token with flying named Storm Crow.

Enchantment
Murmuration (blc) 10
Phalanx Formation

Strive — This spell costs {1}{W} more to cast for each target beyond the first. Any number of target creatures each gain double strike until end of turn. (They deal both first-strike and regular combat damage.)

Instant
Phalanx Formation (jou) 21
Plumecreed Mentor

Flying Whenever this creature or another creature you control with flying enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control without flying.

Creature
Plumecreed Mentor (blb) 228
Soulcatchers' Aerie

Whenever a Bird is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, put a feather counter on this enchantment. Bird creatures get +1/+1 for each feather counter on this enchantment.

Enchantment
Soulcatchers' Aerie (plst) JUD-25
Steel-Plume Marshal

Flying Whenever this creature attacks, other attacking creatures you control with flying get +2/+2 until end of turn.

Creature
Steel-Plume Marshal (scd) 35
True Conviction

Creatures you control have double strike and lifelink.

Enchantment
True Conviction (scd) 38

S4 Anthems

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Z4 Ramp lands

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Azorius Chancery

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Land
Azorius Chancery (clu) 229
Baldur's Gate

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the number of other Gates you control.

Land
Baldur's Gate (clb) 345
Calciform Pools

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Put a storage counter on Calciform Pools. {1}, Remove X storage counters from Calciform Pools: Add X mana in any combination of {W} and/or {U}.

Land
Calciform Pools (tsr) 275
Fountainport

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice a token: Draw a card. {3}, {T}, Pay 1 life: Create a 1/1 blue Fish creature token. {4}, {T}: Create a Treasure token.

Land
Fountainport (blb) 253
Heap Gate

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color. {1}, {T}, Tap an untapped Gate you control: Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Land
Heap Gate (clb) 354
Myriad Landscape

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Myriad Landscape (mkc) 276
Talon Gates of Madara

When this land enters, up to one target creature phases out. {T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color. {4}: Put this card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Land
Talon Gates of Madara (m3c) 134

Z4 Ramp lands

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Dovin's Veto

This spell can't be countered. Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Dovin's Veto (war) 193
Three Tree City

As Three Tree City enters, choose a creature type. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to the number of creatures you control of the chosen type.

Land
Three Tree City (blb) 260

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Deck Info

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58 pips - 44 cards
23 mana - 22 cards
32 pips - 24 cards
22 mana - 21 cards
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0 mana - 8 cards
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17 mana - 16 cards
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Description

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