See Parvia Guardian.

How about 1/2 or 2/1?

Also possible, maybe a slightly better Storm Crow? Easily achievable 3/2 flying would be a bit much for .

I'm cool with this as a replacement.

Its funny how this being a better Storm Crow is somewhat of a concern :p Could see this being a little pushed though, a 2/3 with flying for 2 at common is pretty strong. Especially considering that a 2/1 with flying at common is 3 cmc.

Well, without the setup it is not that good, and with it becomes pretty strong. That's ok for a common, especially since you need to jump through some hoops to make it strong, hoops that require more than just Mana investment.

Regarding flavour, I really think it is not good for us if we already put flavour on the cards. Let's finish the set and then mold the flavour around it so we got a blank slate. Especially since flavour text just isn't important right now and subject to the art we find.

Yeah that seems fair.

I think if you think of flavour text for a card there's nothing wrong with adding it while you remember it. As long as when you do its bearing in mind that it will probably end up as something different in the finished set. But I do agree with you that its all down to the art we find.