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Soyara the Falconer Banding Birds
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Est deck cost: $496.24
Salt sum: 27.03
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Commander

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Soraya the Falconer

Bird creatures get +1/+1. {1}{W}: Target Bird creature gains banding until end of turn. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding a player controls are blocking or being blocked by a creature, that player divides that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

Creature
Soraya the Falconer (hml) 18

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Land

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Abstergo Entertainment

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color. {3}, {T}, Exile Abstergo Entertainment: Return up to one target historic card from your graveyard to your hand, then exile all graveyards. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Land
Abstergo Entertainment (acr) 79
Animal Sanctuary

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

Land
Animal Sanctuary (m21) 242
Arch of Orazca

Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) {T}: Add {C}. {5}, {T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you have the city's blessing.

Land
Arch of Orazca (tsr) 404
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 (zen) 213
Homeward Path

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Each player gains control of all creatures they own.

Land
Homeward Path (cmd) 277
Horizon of Progress

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce. {3}, {T}: You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.

Land
Horizon of Progress (m3c) 130
Kor Haven

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{W}, {T}: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target attacking creature this turn.

Land
Kor Haven (nem) 141
Minas Tirith

Minas Tirith enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature. {T}: Add {W}. {1}{W}, {T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you attacked with two or more creatures this turn.

Land
Minas Tirith (ltr) 420
Monumental Henge

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains. {T}: Add {W}. {2}{W}{W}, {T}: Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a historic card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Land
Monumental Henge (mh3) 222
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 (brc) 190
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to your devotion to that color. (Your devotion to a color is the number of mana symbols of that color in the mana costs of permanents you control.)

Land
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx (ths) 223
Path of Ancestry

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Land
Path of Ancestry (brc) 192
Scavenger Grounds

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Exile all graveyards.

Land
Scavenger Grounds (hou) 182
Snow-Covered Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Snow-Covered Plains (ice) 367
Strip Mine

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target land.

Land
Strip Mine (atq) 82a
Temple of the False God

{T}: Add {C}{C}. Activate only if you control five or more lands.

Land
Temple of the False God (scg) 143
Terrain Generator

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: You may put a basic land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.

Land
Terrain Generator (nem) 143
Windbrisk Heights

Hideaway 4 (When this land enters, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.) This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}. {W}, {T}: You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if you attacked with three or more creatures this turn.

Land
Windbrisk Heights (sld) 436

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Tokens/Populate

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Battle Screech

Create two 1/1 white Bird creature tokens with flying. Flashback—Tap three untapped white creatures you control. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Battle Screech (jud) 3
Emeria Angel

Flying Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may create a 1/1 white Bird creature token with flying.

Creature
Emeria Angel (zen) 11
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
Nesting Dovehawk

Flying At the beginning of combat on your turn, populate. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.) Whenever a creature token you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Nesting Dovehawk (moc) 17
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 (m11) 25
Scour the Desert

Exile target creature card from your graveyard. Create X 1/1 white Bird creature tokens with flying, where X is the exiled card's toughness.

Sorcery
Scour the Desert (mh2) 28

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Banding Whipping Boy

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Duskrider Falcon

Flying, protection from black

Creature
Duskrider Falcon (wth) 12
Eagle of Deliverance

Flying When this creature enters, put an indestructible counter on another target creature you control. Draw a card if that creature's power is 2 or less.

Creature
Eagle of Deliverance (ltr) 824
Freewind Falcon

Flying, protection from red

Creature
Freewind Falcon (vis) 5
Glarecaster

Flying {5}{W}: The next time damage would be dealt to this creature and/or you this turn, that damage is dealt to any target instead.

Creature
Glarecaster (ons) 30
Jackdaw Savior

Flying Whenever this creature or another creature you control with flying dies, return another target creature card with lesser mana value from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Jackdaw Savior (blb) 296
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 (jud) 16
Senu, Keen-Eyed Protector

Flying, vigilance {T}, Exile Senu: You gain 2 life and scry 2. When a legendary creature you control attacks and isn't blocked, if this card is exiled, put it onto the battlefield attacking.

Creature
Senu, Keen-Eyed Protector (acr) 8

Banding Whipping Boy

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Lifegain

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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
Healer's Flock

Flying, lifelink

Creature
Healer's Flock (mh2) 16
Healer's Hawk

Flying Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Creature
Healer's Hawk (grn) 14
Sky Crier

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

Creature
Sky Crier (snc) 31
Windbrisk Raptor

Flying Attacking creatures you control have lifelink.

Creature
Windbrisk Raptor (shm) 26
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 (ktk) 31

Lifegain

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ramp

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Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus

Living weapon (When this Equipment enters, create a 0/0 black Phyrexian Germ creature token, then attach this to it.) Equipped creature gets +1/+1. Whenever equipped creature attacks, you may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Equip {3}

Artifact
Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus (moc) 132
Caged Sun

As this artifact enters, choose a color. Creatures you control of the chosen color get +1/+1. Whenever a land's ability causes you to add one or more mana of the chosen color, add one additional mana of that color.

Artifact
Caged Sun (brr) 9
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 (c20) 24
Dowsing Dagger

Artifact
Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale (xln) 235Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale (xln) 235
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
Extraplanar Lens

Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile target land you control. Whenever a land with the same name as the exiled card is tapped for mana, its controller adds one mana of any type that land produced.

Artifact
Extraplanar Lens (mrd) 169
Gauntlet of Power

As this artifact enters, choose a color. Creatures of the chosen color get +1/+1. Whenever a basic land is tapped for mana of the chosen color, its controller adds an additional one mana of that color.

Artifact
Gauntlet of Power (dmr) 378
Heartstone

Activated abilities of creatures cost {1} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.

Artifact
Heartstone (sth) 134
Pearl Medallion

White spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Pearl Medallion (tmp) 300
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
Sword of Hearth and Home

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from green and from white. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, exile up to one target creature you own, then search your library for a basic land card. Put both cards onto the battlefield under your control, then shuffle. Equip {2}

Artifact
Sword of Hearth and Home (mh2) 433
Sword of the Animist

Equipped creature gets +1/+1. Whenever equipped creature attacks, you may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Equip {2}

Artifact
Sword of the Animist (e01) 89
Urza's Incubator

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creature spells of the chosen type cost {2} less to cast.

Artifact
Urza's Incubator (uds) 142

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Draw

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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 (ncc) 11
Herald's Horn

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creature spells you cast of the chosen type cost {1} less to cast. At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. If it's a creature card of the chosen type, you may reveal it and put it into your hand.

Artifact
Herald's Horn (ltc) 280
Love Song of Night and Day

Read ahead (Choose a chapter and start with that many lore counters. Add one after your draw step. Skipped chapters don't trigger. Sacrifice after III.) I — You and target opponent each draw two cards. II — Create a 1/1 white Bird creature token with flying. III — Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.

Enchantment
Love Song of Night and Day (dmu) 25
Mask of Memory

Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw two cards. If you do, discard a card. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Mask of Memory (mrd) 203
Mind's Eye

Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may pay {1}. If you do, draw a card.

Artifact
Mind's Eye (brr) 33
Miner's Guidewing

Flying, vigilance When this creature dies, target creature you control explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Miner's Guidewing (lci) 24
Vanquisher's Banner

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1. Whenever you cast a creature spell of the chosen type, draw a card.

Artifact
Vanquisher's Banner (tsr) 402

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Pump the Team

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Aven Brigadier

Flying Other Bird creatures get +1/+1. Other Soldier creatures get +1/+1.

Creature
Aven Brigadier (ons) 7
Brave the Sands

Creatures you control have vigilance. Each creature you control can block an additional creature each combat.

Enchantment
Brave the Sands (ktk) 5
Serra's Blessing

Creatures you control have vigilance. (Attacking doesn't cause them to tap.)

Enchantment
Serra's Blessing (wth) 25
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 (jud) 25

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Historic

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Jhoira's Familiar

Flying Historic spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Creature Artifact
Jhoira's Familiar (dom) 220
Junk Diver

Flying When this creature dies, return another target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature Artifact
Junk Diver (uds) 132
Lieutenant Kirtar

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

Creature
Lieutenant Kirtar (ody) 29
Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle

Flying Whenever you cast a historic spell, return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Creature
Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle (brc) 77

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Removal

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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 (ody) 7
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 (plg21) 1
Circle of Solace

As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type. {1}{W}: The next time a creature of the chosen type would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.

Enchantment
Circle of Solace (ons) 13
Cloudchaser Eagle

Flying When this creature enters, destroy target enchantment.

Creature
Cloudchaser Eagle (tmp) 15
Dust to Dust

Exile two target artifacts.

Sorcery
Dust to Dust (drk) 5
Everybody Lives!

All creatures gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. Players gain hexproof until end of turn. Players can't lose life this turn and players can't lose the game or win the game this turn.

Instant
Everybody Lives! (who) 18
Harsh Mercy

Each player chooses a creature type. Destroy all creatures that aren't of a type chosen this way. They can't be regenerated.

Sorcery
Harsh Mercy (ons) 39
Lay Down Arms

Exile target creature with mana value less than or equal to the number of Plains you control. Its controller gains 3 life.

Sorcery
Lay Down Arms (bro) 380
Mass Calcify

Destroy all nonwhite creatures.

Sorcery
Mass Calcify (shm) 12
Spark Rupture

When this enchantment enters, draw a card. Each planeswalker with one or more loyalty counters on it loses all abilities and is a creature with power and toughness each equal to the number of loyalty counters on it.

Enchantment
Spark Rupture (mat) 55
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (3ed) 41

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Maybeboard

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Aven Gagglemaster

Flying When this creature enters, you gain 2 life for each creature you control with flying.

Creature
Aven Gagglemaster (m21) 5
Baton of Morale

{2}: Target creature gains banding until end of turn. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding a player controls are blocking or being blocked by a creature, that player divides that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

Artifact
Baton of Morale (ice) 313
Cathedral of Serra

White legendary creatures you control have "bands with other legendary creatures." (Any legendary creatures can attack in a band as long as at least one has "bands with other legendary creatures." Bands are blocked as a group. If at least two legendary creatures you control, one of which has "bands with other legendary creatures," are blocking or being blocked by the same creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

Land
Cathedral of Serra (leg) 301
Combat Professor

Flying At the beginning of combat on your turn, target creature you control gets +1/+0 and gains vigilance until end of turn.

Creature
Combat Professor (stx) 11
Gustcloak Savior

Flying Whenever a creature you control becomes blocked, you may untap that creature and remove it from combat.

Creature
Gustcloak Savior (ons) 36
Lifecreed Duo

Flying Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.

Creature
Lifecreed Duo (blb) 20
Salvation Swan

Flash Flying Whenever this creature or another Bird you control enters, exile up to one target creature you control without flying. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a flying counter on it at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Salvation Swan (blb) 28
Shrike Force

Flying, double strike, vigilance

Creature
Shrike Force (blb) 31
Skullclamp

Equipped creature gets +1/-1. Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards. Equip {1}

Artifact
Skullclamp (sld) 1663
Soaring Lightbringer

Flying Other enchantment creatures you control have flying. Whenever you attack a player, create a 1/1 white Glimmer enchantment creature token that's tapped and attacking that player.

Creature Enchantment
Soaring Lightbringer (dsc) 11
Soulcatcher

Flying Whenever a creature with flying dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Soulcatcher (ody) 47
Speakeasy Server

Flying When this creature enters, you gain 1 life for each other creature you control.

Creature
Speakeasy Server (snc) 32
Thaumaturge's Familiar

Flying When this creature enters, scry 1.

Creature Artifact
Thaumaturge's Familiar (thb) 238
Vulpikeet

Mutate {2}{W} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Flying Whenever this creature mutates, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

Creature
Vulpikeet (iko) 37

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{"ops":[{"insert":"New build plays VERY well. Nearly won a game. Banding actually mattered a couple times\n"}]}
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{"ops":[{"insert":"This new token-ey one plays really well, banding still didn't come up. not sure how to make it more relevant. Blocking is just rarer in commander\n\n"}]}
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{"ops":[{"insert":"Many plays pre 2023, previous iterations bandng didnt matter much and i only ever had 2-3 birds at a time. Rotated contents to try and be more tokens and banding\n"}]}
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