Great video, could easily see a couple spinoff videos in this format. Like an "It's a trap" video, handpick birds that seem good that either don't pan out or help the table more than you know. Or a "best early" or "best late" or opposite. Or this bird is great IF...
for all of these analyses i find the mantra of "does it give me something in the biome that it normally doesn't provide" to be great birds, like lay egg in forest or wetlands or draw a card in the forest
Love the video! I'd much rather have the Mourning Dove than Lesser Whitethroat. LW is more of a late game point generator and MD is more of an early game resource generator. By turn 15 of the game (last turn of round 2), LW may have only given you only 1 egg (unless you took inefficient egg laying actions to build out a habitat in round 1 - it usually forces you to do this but that inefficiency has a cost). MD has probably given you 5 or 6 eggs by now and helped you build out your habitats without needing to use the grasslands. You may get 5 eggs at the end of round 4 from the LW but those are egg points rather than eggs as resources for playing birds. You also have to focus your attention on building out and clearing eggs on specific habitats, which may take attention away from round goals, bonus cards, and nectar races. I do like the LW but would rather have an egg-laying forest or wetland brown power.
Good points! I think that extra focus you mentioned on clearing out eggs can be a big deal (or distraction) for me sometimes, and dictates my turns more than it should.
Fantastic Vid, you guys always have some great insights --but I gotta go mourning dove over whitestart: MD is just such a good instant tempo hit and if you find a hummingbird or something next turn can be a fast start to a full-tuck.
Sacrilige. You are correct that it is a super good wetlands start, but whitestart still works with full tuck setups, just need to use your tuck engine to get some birds to clear off the eggs
I think the rating of birds changes based on number of opponents. I’d nominate Sacred Kingfisher as the best 0 point bird if playing with 5 people. If you can pair it with Eurasian tree sparrow/ Drongo or Golden Oriole, you never have to use the forest.
I rated all of mine based on 1v1s. In multi-player setups, the turkey vulture and black vulture are insanely good cards for the reasons you just mentioned
Agree with lots of the "obvious" ones for early game quick start, you had me rethinking the ChiffChaff and Noisy Miner, those are usually trash birds for me unless but maybe I gotta give them a go just not quite as early in the game.
It's hard to decide these kind of things because birds serve different functions. Do they generate points? do they complete bonuses? Do they hit end-of-rounds? Or are they just a point-bomb? All of these things can be broken down into their end-of-game value and the timing of when you play it. All that in mind, you're probably right that Galah is best 5-pt engine card.
Great video, i really like your content As someone who lives in Australia and is constantly surrounded by hundreds of noisy miners... i hate that bird. They are native but invasive and incredible agressive and kill other native birds. They attack people too.They also make incredibly annoying noises, especially the chicks. Thsnkfully the game went with one of their more tame noises. But still I will play it, though, but i have to turn off the sound for that game.
really?! i did not know that. i always think of australia having all the cool animals. but that’s kinda how i feel about geese and mockingbirds here. thank you for watching. really appreciate the support!
Great video, could easily see a couple spinoff videos in this format. Like an "It's a trap" video, handpick birds that seem good that either don't pan out or help the table more than you know. Or a "best early" or "best late" or opposite. Or this bird is great IF...
for all of these analyses i find the mantra of "does it give me something in the biome that it normally doesn't provide" to be great birds, like lay egg in forest or wetlands or draw a card in the forest
Love the video! I'd much rather have the Mourning Dove than Lesser Whitethroat. LW is more of a late game point generator and MD is more of an early game resource generator. By turn 15 of the game (last turn of round 2), LW may have only given you only 1 egg (unless you took inefficient egg laying actions to build out a habitat in round 1 - it usually forces you to do this but that inefficiency has a cost). MD has probably given you 5 or 6 eggs by now and helped you build out your habitats without needing to use the grasslands. You may get 5 eggs at the end of round 4 from the LW but those are egg points rather than eggs as resources for playing birds. You also have to focus your attention on building out and clearing eggs on specific habitats, which may take attention away from round goals, bonus cards, and nectar races. I do like the LW but would rather have an egg-laying forest or wetland brown power.
Good points! I think that extra focus you mentioned on clearing out eggs can be a big deal (or distraction) for me sometimes, and dictates my turns more than it should.
Great video! Happy to see Butcherbird and Euro Goldfinch get some respect.
right. both so satisfying
Best video so far! I think the best way to approach this is to think, what bird would I hate the most to flip up for my opponent as a rule 16?
Yeah very good point!
shocked that Ruff wasn't in at least "honorable mentions" for 2-point bird
There was just a lot of 2-point birds to go through. Ruff is at least A-tier though
Fantastic Vid, you guys always have some great insights --but I gotta go mourning dove over whitestart: MD is just such a good instant tempo hit and if you find a hummingbird or something next turn can be a fast start to a full-tuck.
mourning dove love
Sacrilige. You are correct that it is a super good wetlands start, but whitestart still works with full tuck setups, just need to use your tuck engine to get some birds to clear off the eggs
@@KnackNester lol, what if I admit that whitestart hurts my brain? MD is just click-and-prosper and wait for the entity to take hold.
@@zacharyjames3091 🤣🤣For ease of use, I have to agree, but I did say I feel strongly :P
I think the rating of birds changes based on number of opponents. I’d nominate Sacred Kingfisher as the best 0 point bird if playing with 5 people. If you can pair it with Eurasian tree sparrow/ Drongo or Golden Oriole, you never have to use the forest.
i thought about sacred! he’s really good too even in 1v1. but i can get food easier than eggs usually so i went with an egg-layer.
I rated all of mine based on 1v1s. In multi-player setups, the turkey vulture and black vulture are insanely good cards for the reasons you just mentioned
Best 9 is Sri Lankan Blue Magpie. Mic drop.
o_O you’re next level
I haven't even touched the asia expansion yet :P
Agree with lots of the "obvious" ones for early game quick start, you had me rethinking the ChiffChaff and Noisy Miner, those are usually trash birds for me unless but maybe I gotta give them a go just not quite as early in the game.
Big believer in the chiffchaff, it’s not for everybody tho
Noisy miner is a super useful card. The extra egg is actually game-changing for early tempo, compared to cards like common grackle/bushtit
The Galan is also one of the best birds in the whole game hits 90% for 2 tucks, in the 5pt category
It's hard to decide these kind of things because birds serve different functions. Do they generate points? do they complete bonuses? Do they hit end-of-rounds? Or are they just a point-bomb? All of these things can be broken down into their end-of-game value and the timing of when you play it.
All that in mind, you're probably right that Galah is best 5-pt engine card.
Great video, i really like your content
As someone who lives in Australia and is constantly surrounded by hundreds of noisy miners... i hate that bird. They are native but invasive and incredible agressive and kill other native birds. They attack people too.They also make incredibly annoying noises, especially the chicks. Thsnkfully the game went with one of their more tame noises. But still
I will play it, though, but i have to turn off the sound for that game.
really?! i did not know that. i always think of australia having all the cool animals. but that’s kinda how i feel about geese and mockingbirds here. thank you for watching. really appreciate the support!
I completely agree! Even the in-game sound effect won't shut up 🤣