4
Aven Brigadier
2 Aven Cloudchaser
1 Aven Envoy
2 Aven Warhawk
3 Daru Warchief
3 Noble Templar
2 Phantom Flock
3 Shoreline Ranger
3 Skywing Aven
4 Soulcatcher
1 Swooping Talon
4 Aether Burst
2 Dragon Scales
2 Rush of Knowledge
13
Plains
7 Island
2 Daru Encampment
2 Seaside Haven
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  Brigadier
Brigade.
Description of deck by it's author
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long as so many Soldiers are also Birds, we might as well take advantage
of it. Remember, the Onslaught set didn't have five rare creatures that
cost 3CCC - it had six. We all know the Pit Fighter Legends, but their
compadre gets far less attention. I'm talking about Aven Brigadier,
which gives a hefty +2/+2 bonus to all other Bird Soldiers. With the
fatty-friendly additions in Scourge, it just became easier to base a
deck around Colonel Sanders (which is a wiseacre way to refer to Aven
Brigadier. Keep up, people!)
I love the landcyclers. I shouldn't, really. The mechanic takes one of
the defining elements of green and gives it to all the other colors.
"Here, other colors," it says, "have an instant, nearly uncounterable,
colorless Rampant Growth that's attached to a giant creature for good
measure." It's weird, but I can quickly get used to it. In a Bird
Soldier deck that features blue and white creatures, it helps that the
only islandcycler printed happens to be a Bird Soldier and one of the
two plainscyclers is also a Soldier. Some other Scourge goodies that fit
into this deck are Daru Warchief, which makes every creature-including
the Brigadier-cheaper and bigger, Dragon Scales, which has 11 ways to
pop out of the graveyard and is especially nice on Swooping Talon, and
Rush of Knowledge.
Why include an Aven Envoy? I couldn't resist. Although it hardly
interacts well with Rush of Knowledge, if you have a Brigadier and a
Warchief on the table, the Envoy is a 1-mana 3/6 flying creature. You
can't help but savor the look on your opponent's face when Aven Envoy
delivers the death blow.
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