http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Mist_Valley_Divine_Wind

[-Griffin]

It seems good, but not enough to really pick them up. Still - this, Falcon, Soldier and a few others are starting to make them a bit more viable.

Notes:
It cannot miss timing because it uses "if" rather than "when"
It works with any WIND monsters, but there's surprisingly few that involve bouncing themselves - and I'm pretty sure Yata is the only WIND spirit.

[Bringerofcake]

IIRC, you can get Thunderbird out fatster this way.

[-Griffin]

Thunderbird also starts Summoning from the Deck.

[Bringerofcake]

Especially when Apex is involved, which makes Apex Avian's effect a 0 to start, then quickly turns into a +2.

(I'm pretty bad at advantage maths.)

[-Griffin]

1) Have any 2 Mist-Valley's on the field.
2) This
3) Use that Mist-Bird thing to return one and fetch any old MV. Preferably Falcon for ATK.
4) Tribute 2 monsters for Apex, leaving your highest ATK MV.
5) Mist-Bird can now pretty much negate anything by returning Falcon/ect and Summoning something else. If you think the opponent is likely to push you into returning more often than one per turn + anything else you Summon, it can always grab Thunderbird.

This provides tributes for Apex and also tends to give much more durable monsters, making it far more stable than the normal Apex+Thunderbird, while still being a good lockdown.

I really think they just need 1 solid level 4/lower monster to be worth playing =/

[Dr. Cakey]

Thnx for the pic gaize

[Azuh]

Thunderbird lockdown just got really fun D: