1x alt-art Baleful Strix 1x alt-art Birds of Paradise 1x alt-art Dovescape 1x alt-art Gilded Goose 1x alt-art Swan Song 1x code to redeem a card sleeve based on the Secret Lair drop Birds of Paradise card for use in MTG Arena** 1x code to redeem one (1) non-foil copy of each card in Ornithological Studies for use on Magic Online Of all of Magic's fictional creatures, Birds are far and away the most popular. First invented by Richard Garfield in 1987, Birds eventually made their way into Limited Edition (Alpha) via the powerful Birds of Paradise card. We thought it would be cool to envision what Birds would look like if they existed in real life, so we commissioned some naturalistic, classical illustrations from Ovidio Cartagena and Allen Douglas.