Fowl Play by Dork6660

Format: Commander

Commander: Choco, Seeker of Paradise

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Bant Midrange strategy that combines Bird tribal aggression with explosive Landfall triggers under Choco, Seeker of Paradise. The deck establishes an early aerial presence using efficient Birds like Birds of Paradise, Sazh's Chocobo, and Falcon and Redwing. Once Choco enters the battlefield on Turn 4, attacking Birds trigger Choco's ability to dig through the library, draw cards, and deploy tapped lands directly into play. These land drops fuel powerful Landfall engines including Rampaging Baloths, Mossborn Hydra, Traveling Chocobo, and Chocobo Racetrack, transforming incremental resource advantages into massive power swings. The deck closes games through wide token boards and trampling behemoths over successive combat steps. While it lacks fast infinite combos and heavy countermagic, its robust mana base, natural resilience, and top-deck velocity allow it to rebuild quickly and overwhelm traditional midrange tables.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Additive Evolution
  • 1 Ambrosia Whiteheart
  • 1 Bartz and Boko
  • 1 Beorn's Hospitality
  • 1 Bioengineered Future
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blossoming Sands
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Choco, Seeker of Paradise
  • 1 Chocobo Kick
  • 1 Chocobo Racetrack
  • 1 Clinquant Skymage
  • 1 Combat Tutorial
  • 1 Crossroads Village
  • 1 Cycle of Renewal
  • 1 Eagle of the Great Shelf
  • 1 Embrace the Paradox
  • 1 Emrakul, the Exigent Doom
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres
  • 1 Falcon and Redwing
  • 1 Flora Colossus
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Grow from the Ashes
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Hindering Light
  • 1 Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Jumbo Cactuar
  • 1 Ka-Zar of the Savage Land
  • 1 Kastral, the Windcrested
  • 1 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
  • 1 Koma, Cosmos Serpent
  • 1 Kura, the Boundless Sky
  • 1 Kykar, Zephyr Awakener
  • 1 Lakeside Shack
  • 1 Loading Zone
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lumbering Worldwagon
  • 1 Master Biomancer
  • 1 Meditation Pools
  • 1 Mirkwood Pathmaker
  • 1 Mole Man, Moloid Master
  • 1 Mossborn Hydra
  • 1 Natural Connection
  • 1 New Horizons
  • 1 North Pole Gates
  • 1 Origin of Metalbending
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Planar Engineering
  • 1 Primeval Bounty
  • 1 Prishe's Wanderings
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Reach the Horizon
  • 1 Retreat to Kazandu
  • 1 Ride the Shoopuf
  • 1 Rydia's Return
  • 1 Sab-Sunen, Luxa Embodied
  • 1 Sazh Katzroy
  • 1 Sazh's Chocobo
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Sharlayan, Nation of Scholars
  • 1 Sidequest: Raise a Chocobo // Black Chocobo
  • 1 Suburban Sanctuary
  • 1 Summon: Fat Chocobo
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 The Aetherspark
  • 1 The Eagles Are Coming!
  • 1 The Goose Mother
  • 1 Through the Forest Gate
  • 1 Tifa Lockhart
  • 1 Tifa's Limit Break
  • 1 Traveling Chocobo
  • 1 Ultima
  • 1 University Campus
  • 1 Web of Life and Destiny
  • 1 Web-Warriors
  • 1 White Auracite
  • 1 Windurst, Federation Center