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'''Birds of Paradise''', sometimes called "'''BoP'''," is a classic [[mana accelerator]] that was printed in every [[Core Set]] from ''[[Alpha]]'' to ''[[Eighth Edition]]''. The card was not included in ''[[Ninth Edition]]'' due to its inclusion in the expert level set, ''[[Ravnica: City of Guilds]]'', the next fall. Birds of Paradise returned to the core set in ''[[Tenth Edition]]''. It cost one mana and, by tapping for a mana the next turn, provides three mana on the second turn. Decks such as Fires, a red-green deck based around the centrepiece, <c>Fires of Yavimaya</c>, have long used to accelerate their game plan while also [[mana fixing|fixing mana]]. ==Backstory== During ''[[Alpha]]'' design, the original artwork submitted for a land featured a prominent bird in the foreground. Rather than reject the art outright, [[Richard Garfield]] designed Birds of Paradise to fit the art and included it in the set. There is a dispute on which land the art was original designed for, with Magic head designer Mark Rosewater claiming it was <c>Tropical Island</c>,<ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/25-more-random-things-about-magic-2016-06-20|25 More Random Things About Magic|[[Mark Rosewater]]|June 20, 2016}}</ref> while Mark Poole has told many players that it was a regular Island.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/7mw3yr/is_birds_of_paradise_art_was_supposed_to_be/ Reddit post. December 2017.]</ref> Though cheap flying creatures were not included in green's portion of the [[Color Pie]], the rarity and popularity of the card allowed its inclusion in nearly every core set. None of the card's artworks have depicted an actual [[Wikipedia:Bird-of-paradise|''Bird of Paradise'']], a large songbird native to south-east Asia and certain Pacific islands. See for example: [[Wikipedia:Paradisaea apoda|''Paradisaea apoda'']]. ==In-game references== *<c>Birds of Paradise</c> *<c>Birds of Paradise Avatar</c> ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Cards]]
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