Burdo by W44hoo

Format: Commander

Commander: Choco, Seeker of Paradise

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This Bant deck combines aggressive Bird tribal synergies with a powerful landfall tempo engine led by Choco, Seeker of Paradise. Early turns focus on deploying cheap, evasive Birds and mana acceleration. Once Choco enters the battlefield, attacking with your flock triggers deep library digging, placing lands directly onto the battlefield while keeping your hand full. The sudden influx of lands triggers landfall abilities, growing your board and boosting Choco's power. The deck transitions into the mid-game by converting this mana and card advantage into overwhelming aerial damage using anthems like Empyrean Eagle, Kastral, the Windcrested, and Door of Destinies. Opponents struggle to block the flying armada, and asymmetric sweepers like Raise the Palisade clear opposing boards without touching your Birds. Targeted pacification auras permanently neutralize troublesome commanders, allowing your evasive squad to close out the game over a couple of combat cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Airborne Aid
  • 1 Angelic Destiny
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Call to the Kindred
  • 1 Captain America's Shield
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Celestial Armor
  • 1 Choco, Seeker of Paradise
  • 1 Chocobo Racetrack
  • 1 Cloudfin Raptor
  • 1 Coastal Piracy
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Empyrean Eagle
  • 1 Encouraging Aviator // Jump
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expel the Interlopers
  • 1 Falcon and Redwing
  • 1 Fall of the First Civilization
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Frogify
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Grasslands
  • 1 Grove of the Guardian
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 Healer's Hawk
  • 1 Holy Mantle
  • 1 Honest Work
  • 1 Ichthyomorphosis
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Irma, Part-Time Mutant
  • 1 Iron Man Armor
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jackdaw Savior
  • 1 Judge's Familiar
  • 1 Kasmina's Transmutation
  • 1 Kastral, the Windcrested
  • 1 Knightfisher
  • 1 Lilypad Village
  • 1 Love Song of Night and Day
  • 1 Lupinflower Village
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Moment's Peace
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Noggle the Mind
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Perch Protection
  • 1 Pillar of Origins
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Plumecreed Mentor
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Retro-Mutation
  • 1 Sazh's Chocobo
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Sidequest: Raise a Chocobo // Black Chocobo
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Storm, Windrider
  • 1 Strix Lookout
  • 1 Summon: Choco/Mog
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunscape Familiar
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Ten Rings
  • 1 Unable to Scream
  • 1 Undercover Skrull
  • 1 Undiscovered Paradise
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 War Tax
  • 1 Warden of Evos Isle
  • 1 Watcher of the Spheres
  • 1 Weather Maker
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Winnowing
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Zephid's Embrace