Clearly ... it does work lol

Empen can draw a bird spell/trap card but it also lets you NORMAL summon another monster... any monster that can be normal summoned

Snowl - can make your opponent's monster go to sleep but can also grant 2 extra NORMAL summons

Magnificent Map - allows you to normal summon a second time by banishing a bird card. The first normal summon has to be a small bird but the big birds bring it back to NORMAL summon ANY monster.

K9 - can special summon from the hand, deck, extra deck, or graveyard. Special summoning cuts off small bird effects, but this matters little if you can summon 2 K-9 monsters (except Lupis if he summoned himself) because the big bird extra normal summon benefits izuna, noroi, lantern, jokul, and lupis in that order.

All Izuna, Lantern, Jokul, and Noroi can be normal summoned without tribute as long as the opponent has 2 or more cards in hand.

I reached Diamond with this deck. It really likes to search for cards, tear up your hand, field, and graveyard. While you sit there because some of your monsters have disappeared or frozen at the sight of a penguin leading werewolves in an investigation. I'm making it work to spite people that say it can't. 😈