Choco, Seeker of Paradise

Gameplan

Choco is a Bant Birds-and-lands midrange engine: swing with Birds to dig deep, refill your hand, and ramp lands straight onto the battlefield, while landfall pumps Choco into a fast clock. You snowball card and land advantage every combat, then close with a wide Bird board or an oversized commander.

Key Cards

• Esper Sentinel — A cheap Bird that adds to your attacker count while taxing opponents for card advantage.
• Bident of Thassa — Forces creatures to attack and lets you draw off your evasive Birds, multiplying Choco's value.
• Skullclamp — Turns small Birds and tokens into a relentless draw engine that complements Choco's digging.
• Avenger of Zendikar — Floods the board with Plant tokens that synergize with all the lands Choco puts into play.
• Smothering Tithe — Generates Treasures to cast the expensive payoffs Choco's card flow finds.
• Crucible of Worlds — Lets you replay lands from the graveyard that Choco dumps, smoothing land drops and fueling landfall.

Upgrade Path

Add more cheap evasive Birds and anthem/team-pump effects (Coat of Arms, Intangible Virtue style payoffs) to make every attack lethal and maximize Choco's trigger size. Lean into lands-matter ramp with Crucible of Worlds, fetchlands, and Avenger of Zendikar to abuse the free land drops, and add protection like Heroic Intervention and Lightning Greaves to keep Choco swinging. For higher power, include a Craterhoof Behemoth or Overwhelming Stampede finisher and consider Tireless Provisioner or Smothering Tithe to convert ramp into explosive turns.