Bird is the Word (for now) by Threnn

Format: Commander

Commander: Choco, Seeker of Paradise

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Choco, Seeker of Paradise leads a Bant Bird-tribal deck that turns evasive attackers into card advantage and land ramp. The primary plan is to deploy cheap Birds, attack with several at once, and use Choco's trigger to draw and put lands into play, then finish with anthem effects and token swarms. Secondary paths include Kastral, the Windcrested reanimating Birds and pumping the team, Sazh Katzroy tutoring a Bird or land and doubling +1/+1 counters, and Tawnos/Radagast generating extra Bird tokens. Sazh Katzroy is the closest thing to a hidden commander, providing repeatable tutoring and a counter-doubling combat trick. The deck wins through combat, not combo.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Ambrosia Whiteheart
  • 1 Animal Sanctuary
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aven Gagglemaster
  • 1 Bartz and Boko
  • 1 Battle Screech
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Choco, Seeker of Paradise
  • 1 Chocobo Camp
  • 1 Chocobo Kick
  • 1 Chocobo Racetrack
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Clinquant Skymage
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crumb and Get It
  • 1 Crystal Grotto
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Curiosity Crafter
  • 1 Dazzling Denial
  • 1 Descendants' Path
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Empyrean Eagle
  • 1 Esior, Wardwing Familiar
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fishing Gear
  • 1 Flurry of Wings
  • 1 Fog Bank
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Frost Trickster
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Gwaihir the Windlord
  • 1 Gysahl Greens
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Huatli, Radiant Champion
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 1 Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Jubilant Skybonder
  • 1 Kastral, the Windcrested
  • 1 Lifecreed Duo
  • 1 Migratory Route
  • 1 Murmuration
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Plumecreed Escort
  • 1 Prosperous Innkeeper
  • 1 Radagast, Wizard of Wilds
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Restless Anchorage
  • 1 Salvation Swan
  • 1 Sazh Katzroy
  • 1 Sazh's Chocobo
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Sidequest: Raise a Chocobo // Black Chocobo
  • 1 Silver Raven
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soulcatcher
  • 1 Soulcatchers' Aerie
  • 1 Spore Frog
  • 1 Summon: Choco/Mog
  • 1 Summon: Fat Chocobo
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Tawnos, the Toymaker
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Traveling Chocobo
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Warden of Evos Isle
  • 1 Watcher of the Spheres
  • 1 Windbrisk Heights
  • 1 Winged Portent
  • 1 Winged Words