Episode 46: Threat Level: Oko - a podcast by The Dive Down

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 AtlantaThe Dive Down: Oko, Thief of Hearts
The Wind Down: The First Challenge of PioneeringBecome 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 Atlanta7:50 — Meet Simic Whirza
14:00 — Day 2 Meta25:36 — Top 8
30:00 — Shocking math about Urza33:17 — Oko rising
35:15 — Takeaways39:40 — 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 Oko1:06:20 — 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 Pioneer1:31:30 — The first Pioneer Challenge meta
Links from this week's episode:SCG Atlanta day 2 decks: http://www.starcitygames.com/decks/StarCityGamesOpen/2019-10-26modernAtlantaGAUS/1/
Team Lotus Box Simic Whirza deck tech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIkQn5vCrAFirst MTGO Pioneer Challenge: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/pioneer-challenge-2019-10-28Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?
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