This doesn't seem wholly sufficient to explain the spike, otherwise why didn't it pop off during Bloomburrow, which brought in a popular new bird commander Kastral, the Windcrested
They simply enter the battlefield attacking
It seems almost certain that in the next year or two there'll be top decks dominated by UB-strategies, whether it's a Mounts deck using Chocobos or a Hero typal deck led by Spiderman
The +0/+2 Meltstrider's Resolve provides goes a long way towards helping that, so this is one of the better fight spells that weve seen
When evaluating evasive characters, I am mainly interested in the amount of lore they can provide
Arcane Adaptation bolsters the typal aspect of the deck by turning all creatures into horrors, even the ones youve obtained from other players