mtg final fantasy birds of Paradise (Paradise Chocobo) Token Creature — Hero I played Birds in FINAL

At first glance its 2-power-or-less prerequisite seems like an insurmountable downside, except when you consider how many great targets red has at that level

But the rarest pulls are the Neon Ink Traveling Chocobos, which you can find only in Collector boosters

Fastbond First Printed: 1993-AUG Banned: 2009-JUN Fastbond exploits two unique and important aspects of the format: 1) Higher life totals make the damage essentially trivial if this is played in the early game

Its easier to combo with this one and easier to protect it with countermagic, and it lets you do all the good things that come with extra turns, even when you have to fire it off as a color-shifted Explore

you no longer need to worry about an opponent who sweeps it aside with Wrath of God or whatever everybody else does to handle your legendary board, so its easier to rebuild