7 - Birds of Paradise Birds of Paradise adds redundancy to Timeless' wide range of mana dorks, which currently includes Deathrite Shaman, Delighted Halfling and Gilded Goose, which it can replace due to its consistency in generating mana at the expense of dying for Orcish Bowmasters
Very powerful but not very fun to win with or lose to and not exactly a skillful card
Its uninkable status is a bit of a downer, but seven willpower and two lore for questing are respectable advantages
This forces you to look at all your cards in a very different way and likely creates a very different type of deck
Final Thoughts Today's column was as much of a personal story as it was a rundown of the cards and developments that made up the past year in Commander, but given how much Commander-related product we were given in 2020, I'm not sure I could give you a full rundown in a single article
Creatures (20) 4 White Knight 2 Serra Angel 4 Order of the White Shield 4 Savannah Lions 2 Phyrexian War Beast 4 Order of Leitbur Lands (24) Spells (16) Tom Chanphengs white aggro deck was an unlikely dark horse in a sea of Necropotence decks as far as the eye could see