Episode 46: Threat Level: Oko

This week we dive deep on Magic's latest boogeyman — Oko, Thief of Crowns. Is it one of the best cards ever or just one of the goodest? We work it out in between tournament reports on SCG Atlanta and the first MTGO Pioneer Challenge. The Break Down: SCG Open Atlanta The Dive Down: Oko, Thief of Hearts The Wind Down: The First Challenge of Pioneering Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Get 10% off your first 3 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use code "thedivedown" 2:05 — Housekeeping 3:30 — The Break Down begins: SCG Open Atlanta 7:50 — Meet Simic Whirza 14:00 — Day 2 Meta 25:36 — Top 8 30:00 — Shocking math about Urza 33:17 — Oko rising 35:15 — Takeaways 39:40 — The Dive Down Begins: #OkoWatch2k19 40:53 — Why are we talking about Oko? 46:52 — How Oko impacted our games 59:58 — Common play patterns with Oko 1:06:20 — Is Oko the best planeswalker ever? 1:12:40 — So… how ya killing Oko? 1:17:10 — What happens to the best planeswalker ever? 1:24:35 — The Wind Down begins: What we’ve been playing in Pioneer 1:31:30 — The first Pioneer Challenge meta Links from this week's episode: SCG Atlanta day 2 decks: http://www.starcitygames.com/decks/Star_City_Games_Open/2019-10-26_modern_Atlanta_GA_US/1/ Team Lotus Box Simic Whirza deck tech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIkQ_n5vCrA First MTGO Pioneer Challenge: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/pioneer-challenge-2019-10-28 Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: [email protected] twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown