Woody Waiting for a Friend (Epic) $6 This 2/2 card costs only 1 Ink to put on the field, and while it doesnt possess any special abilities, its base stats are enough to pad out any Amber deck for those early-game plays
Jubilant Skybonder - a 2/2 flying Human Wizard, Jubilant Skybonder nevertheless offers incredible synergy for Birds, with an ability that essentially gives them Ward 2 Soulcatcher Aerie - this obscure two-mana enchantment makes it so that each bird that dies adds a counter to the Aerie, which has a static ability that gives each bird in play +1/+1 for each counter on it
Shock Lands Lorwyn Eclipsed brings five shock lands back into Standard through the main set, marking a major upgrade for multicolor mana bases
He maintains the Menace ability, and grows to become a 7/7
Instead, inspired in parallel by a loss I detailed in this here article about Kabira Crossroads, I realized that Sedraxis Specter is simply the highest quality threat creature that can be mustered by Grixis mana This really shouldnt be surprising
Like combo decks, they dont tend to run a lot of interactionthey just want to play giant creatures and cool spells