3
Aven Fisher
2 Crookclaw Elder
2 Keeneye Aven
1 Mystic Familiar
2 Sage Owl
2 Skywing Aven
4 Soulcatcher
4 Suntail Hawk
3 Thieving Magpie
4 Soulcatchers' Aerie
4 Aether Burst
2 Disenchant
3 Airborn Aid
1 Battle Screech
9
Island
1 Lonely Sandbar
10 Plains
2 Seaside Haven
1 Secluded Steppe
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  Thieving
Birds.
Description of deck by its author (quoted):
 I'm
no specialist. I'm not prejudiced against platypuses because they're
platypuses or chinchillas because they're chinchillas. I believe in the
whole Noah's Ark rainbow. But if you asked me what the most studious,
research-minded race on Dominaria was, “bird” would not be my first
guess. I'd probably have gone with, oh, I don't know, people. I've known
people for most of my life, and they're generally more into the whole
reading thing than parakeets and cockatoos are. In Magic terms, wizards.
Nope. Not cephalids either. Birds.
Thieving Magpie leads the way, followed by Aven Fisher. Crookclaw Elder
rallies the troops into a book club, and Airborne Aid sweetens the deal.
They're all supported by Seaside Haven, the second-best card-drawing
land since Library of Alexandria. (Egads!) (Though after the shock wears
off, I should tell you that Cephalid Coliseum is the only other
card-drawing land since Arabian Nights.) Your standard array of quality
Birds, some utility cards, and Soulcatchers' Aeries fill out the deck.
The deck is similar to the previous one in that a bunch of weenies are
supported by card drawing to keep your gas tank full. The main
difference is that these weenies all have evasion. (You probably won't
be activating Crookclaw Elder's “give something flying” ability.) The
Haven and the Aerie have a very nice interaction: If you have four Birds
in play, sacrificing a 1/1 to the Haven results in a new card and a
total of +3/+3 among your remaining air force.
Feeling that the Bird deck was a bit too one-dimensional, I actually
threw a couple of Doom Cannons in there for a few seconds before
realizing that made the deck non-Lite. They'd be an interesting
addition.
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