What Woodwind Instrument Stops Your Breathing? by user8006262

Format: Commander

Commander: Choco, Seeker of Paradise

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Bant Bird tribal strategy piloted by Choco, Seeker of Paradise. The primary game plan focuses on deploying efficient, low-mana flying creatures during the opening turns, casting Choco on Turn 3, and initiating combat on Turn 4. Choco's combat ability digs deep into the library based on the number of attacking Birds, putting a chosen card into hand and deploying all revealed lands directly onto the battlefield. This massive surge in land drops accelerates mana velocity and triggers Landfall buffs on Choco. On Turn 5, the deck transitions into critical onset by resolving high-impact combat multipliers such as Beastmaster Ascension, Gravitational Shift, Murmuration, or Raise the Palisade. An evasive airborne swarm quickly overwhelms opposing life totals, securing a complete table finish by Turn 6 while leaning on cheap countermagic and protective spells like Dawn's Truce to shield the flock.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Animal Sanctuary
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aven Interrupter
  • 1 Bartz and Boko
  • 1 Battle Screech
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cartographer's Hawk
  • 1 Choco, Seeker of Paradise
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curiosity Crafter
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Dazzling Denial
  • 1 Derevi, Empyrial Tactician
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Eagles of the North
  • 1 Emeria Angel
  • 1 Empyrean Eagle
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flurry of Wings
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Gavony Township
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gravitational Shift
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Healer's Hawk
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Jackdaw Savior
  • 1 Judge's Familiar
  • 1 Kastral, the Windcrested
  • 1 Keeper of the Nine Gales
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Migratory Route
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Murmuration
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nimble Obstructionist
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Perch Protection
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Plumecreed Escort
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Restless Anchorage
  • 1 Salvation Swan
  • 1 Sazh's Chocobo
  • 1 Scouting Hawk
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Seaside Haven
  • 1 Senu, Keen-Eyed Protector
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soulcatcher
  • 1 Soulcatchers' Aerie
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Steel-Plume Marshal
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tawnos, the Toymaker
  • 5 Tempest Hawk
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Traveling Chocobo
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Warden of Evos Isle
  • 1 Watcher of the Spheres
  • 1 Windbrisk Heights
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Winged Portent
  • 1 Wingmate Roc