While the idiom "for the birds" means something worthless, useless, or trivial (stemming from World War II slang referencing birds eating horse manure), in this case the expression matches in the literal sense
On top of that, it reads: At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of colourless mana equal to that spells mana value." Basically, not only do you get to say no to something, you also get to cast something bigger on your next turn
Gulg), while Nomura's portrait of Yuffie is featured on a reprint of Yuriko, The Tiger's Shadow
Well, I only have two artifacts in the deck, this and Solemn Simulacrum
Black Market Connections is a huge pick-up, Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator is a known cEDH contender, and the deck has a couple notable combo enablers like Pitiless Plunderer and Timestream Navigator
A $5 card by itself may not be expensive to most, but when most of the cards in your deck are around that price, they can really add up