So there's this young kid, like 11 or 12, who goes to our usual card shop all the time. He shows up two hours early, is there every night cards are played, and unlike most kids his age, is polite, courteous, and generally really likable. He loves cats, and is always showing us pictures of them on his phone. He also loves theme decks, even going so far as to try and scrape together commons and uncommons to make a Kor deck, which seemed bizarre. Of course, these two loves overlap, so this guy's always talking about making a cat/bird deck, which we think is hilarious. Anyway, because this idea is so awesome and funny, and because we love homebrewed and janky decks, Brenna and I built him a cat/bird theme deck that's standard legal - and it's been holding its own against all our other decks. We're going to take it to him tonight, and I hope he likes it. I can't wait to lose to this ridiculous thing at FNM. Here's the list:


2 armillary sphere
2 sylvan bounty
2 overrun
4 khanli heart expedition
2 behemoth sledge
4 journey to nowhere
2 marisi's twinclaws
2 welkin guide
3 aven squire
3 wild leotau
3 scythe tiger
4 steppe lynx
4 wild nacatl

4 naya panorama
2 jungle shrine

2 mountain
8 plains
8 forest


Total value, including basic lands, is $12. Awesome.



UPDATE: This kid totally beat Pete's fully loaded Jund deck at FNM to face me in the finals. I was so happy to see that cat/bird deck that I split with him to put him in third place*.

*He had to be paired up, as I was the only 3-0 going into round 4, and the only 2-1's were people I'd already played.