As such, brand new decks infrequently make it into the metagame, or perform particularly well competitively
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They often synergize with strategies that focus on control, card draw, and tempo, as many Birds have abilities that support these themes, such as tapping down opponents' creatures, drawing extra cards, or providing battlefield-wide buffs
Run Amok gives an attacking creature +3/+3 and trample for two mana
had some limitations on the card pool in place at the time, to put the brakes on some of the most powerful cards like Raigeki, Dark Hole and Fiber Jar, no card was banned from competitive play
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