Episode 57: Oh Lord He Comin': Chonky Red ft. Todd Anderson

This week The Dive Down crew welcomes special guest Todd Anderson to join us on our first Pioneer-focused Deck Dive — Chonky Red! Listen to find out why it's not an aggro deck, how tightly you should hold your Rabblemasters, and how to really bring the glory.

The Break Down: Todd and All Things Todd

The Dive Down: Chonk and All Things Chonk

The Wind Down: Listener Questions

You can find Todd at: https://www.twitch.tv/strong_sad or https://twitter.com/strong_sad

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Timestamps:

3:30 - Housekeeping

4:30 - The Break Down: An interview with Todd!

33:12 - The Dive Down begins: Chonky Red!

34:52 - What is the Chonk?

36:30 - Why all those lands?

42:00 - What makes this deck popular?

45:00 - The development of the Chonk

53:30 - The construction of the Chonk - the aggro creatures

1:09:00 - The burn spells

1:12:24 - The creatures that are also burn spells!

1:22:09 - The goldfish cards

1:31:26 - The… Chandra

1:35:33 - Sideboard considerations

1:42:23 - The future of the Chonk

1:46:02 - The Wind Down: listener questions!

1:52:23 - Where to find Todd

Links from this week's episode:

Todd's recent Chonky Red article on SCG, including his most recent decklist: https://articles.starcitygames.com/premium/its-not-big-its-chonky-all-things-chonky-red-in-pioneer/

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