Perhaps this was used in early kor productions of "Waiting for Eldrazi," a show which ancient theatre critics called "largely unwatchable"
Red Damage, Damage, And More Damage Red is often pigeonholed as The burn color, and Foundations took that idea and ran with it
Renet, Temporal Apprentice A hilarious way to shut down an opponent's bid for the win in Commander
Each game does involve large decision trees
Im pretty sure the only reason mono-red has nearly as many +1/+1 counter decks as blue and black is because of Ashling the Pilgrim, which is a funny deck, but not likely a great fit for the 99
One strange wrinkle for Birds is that it actually makes great use of valiant creatures, as many of your best cards like Plumecreed Mentor and Plumecreed Escort freely target your stuff