Foil Were going to see a good number of counterspells, and Foil used to be one of the better ones
Honorable Mentions Blue All the watery women distributing swords jokes aside, this is a fine, fine card
Kangee, Aerie Keeper, Tawnos, the Toymaker, and Radagast, Wizard of Wilds are also some ways to take advantage of birds
Rest in Peace is probably the best graveyard hate card ever printed, wiping them clean when it enters and making sure they stay that way as long as its in play
Pairing it with Zealous Conscript creates an infinitely large army of 3/3 creatures with haste, pairing it with Worldgorger Dragon gives you infinite mana and infinite enter-the-battlefield triggers, and pairing him with Combat Celebrant gives you infinite combat phases
I just really like the idea of gods that draw power from the people that venerate them, and not the other way around