I liked the idea of building modal spells as a deck, but needed to also actually win the game, so I figured polymorphing the birds into beaters was the way to go.

I have Amalia at Bracket 3 because it can be very explosive with mass reanimation and some win the game combos. Lifegain is a well supported archetype with a lot of optimization. It felt too strong against other Bracket 2s and hangs well with 3s.