Great synergy with +1/+1 brews either as the leader or in the support, and then the Bird/land Tutor is great in Birds or just when you need that mana taken care of
Sadly, this does leave surge foil cards somewhat vulnerable to market manipulation
For his favorite character from his favorite game, Dillon got his first-ever Magic card made
(When this equipment enters create a colorless 1/1 Hero creature token and attach this to it.) Equipped creature gets +2/+2, has Trample and Haste, and is a Samurai in addition to its other types
In the hands of a savvy player, the deck can be quite successful against other starters
Birds of Paradise has fallen out of favor in Constructed due to the power of other mana dorks such as Delighted Halfling and Ignoble Hierarch, but its a slam dunk in multicolor Commander decks at the very least