Leaving behind 4/4 flyers is a great compensation for when it inevitably eats removal
Then exile it.) Number 101 Language English Legal Formats Alchemy, Brawl, Commander, Competitive Brawl, Historic, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Timeless, Vintage Rulings (6/6/2025) "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard if the resulting spell is an instant or sorcery spell by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack." (6/6/2025) You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type
A nice continuation of the cycle
Red is quite rare for rat strategies, but Freya is a solid include if Totentanz, Swarm Piper (more on him later) is your Commander as long as youre also focusing on equipment
It is not that Bird is so high on this list that is surprising, more so that there are four other cards between it an Noble Hierarch which is a very similar card and situationally better than the Birds
The more colored cards youre using in your sideboard, the more likely you are to want seventeen lands since it usually means four of them are Glimmervoid