mtg standard cards 10 Magic: The Gathering That Broke Their Metas Sunbird Standard | MTG Cards

Its satisfying to put a bunch of work into something, have people tell you the answer you came to was terrible, then to prove them all wrong and achieve success with it

Players quickly realized that investing into a mana engine that could help them play their threats more swiftly each turn was a wise choice, and, as such, Birds of Paradise was an auto-include in early Magic decks and remains an oft-played staple today as its status as our #20 Commander card indicates

But in the right deck, this card is amazing

If a creature with a survival ability isn't tapped when your second main phase begins, the ability won't trigger at all

Card draw like the staple Pawpsicle, Develop Your Brain, and the damage/draw combo of Let The Storm Rage On would fit in nicely

A large group of fans managed to take the thing down over the course of more than 24 hours, and then Square Enix patched the game to make the method unusable