Is Bird the Word? - $50 Nadu Bird Kindred Deck Tech

Nadu, Winged Wisdom

| Illustrated by Daren Bader

Birds of Paradise | Illustrated by Darrell Riche

Hello, everyone! In honor of Nadu winning the most recent Pro Tour, I wanted to build a Nadu, Winged Wisdom

Scrying Birds

First, let's talk about the Birds that let us set the top of our library. There are a surprising number of Birds that let us scry or set the top of the library, creatures like Augury Owl

Targeting Birds

To trigger Nadu, we need to target creatures with spells or abilities, so let's add Birds that allow us to do that. Avian Oddity

Drawing Birds

In order to get to our combos, we need to draw cards, and to help, we can use some of our Birds to draw cards. Sadly, Palace Familiar

Bird Protection

Before we get into the win conditions, we need to have some way to protect the combo. Originally, I wanted to add counter magic to stop interaction, but I decided to use single-target protection to also trigger Nadu, so I included Blossoming Defense

Winning

To win with Nadu, we need to trigger their ability multiple times a turn. The combo isn't deterministic and can be hard to track in paper, so it'll take some practice to do it quickly. 

The Equipment

Equipment are the easiest way to get multiple triggers from Nadu's ability. If you happen to have Shuko

The Creatures

The next part of the combo is getting enough creatures to repeatedly target for Nadu's ability. Much like the Modern deck, we want to use Springheart Nantuko

The Final Pieces

I wanted to add Thassa's Oracle

If you can't mill someone out for some reason, you can use Blessed Respite

For back-up, I added Retreat to Kazandu

Tutors for the Combo

Finally, to help us combo consistently, I added a few tutors to find key pieces. Tolaria West

Upgrades

Some of the upgrades are cards I already mentioned: Thassa's Oracle