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Oko, Thief of Crowns
LEGENDARY PLANESWALKER — OKO

Oko, Thief of Crowns

+2: Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.") +1: Target artifact or creature loses all abilities and becomes a green Elk creature with base power and toughness 3/3. −5: Exchange control of target artifact or creature you control and target creature an opponent controls with power 3 or less.
CMC
3
Set
ELD
Rarity
mythic
Price
$10.35
FORMATS
CommanderLEGAL
Brawl (Historic)BANNED
DraftNOT LEGAL
StandardNOT LEGAL
ModernBANNED
PioneerBANNED
REMINDER TEXT · 1
  • WOTC Official Reminder Textofficial rules
    Food — , , Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.
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  • WWizards of the Coast2019-10-04
    Official Ruling
    Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to a creature may become lethal if Oko's second ability changes its toughness during that turn.
  • WWizards of the Coast2019-10-04
    Official Ruling
    If either of the target permanents is an illegal target when Oko's last ability resolves, the exchange won't happen.
  • WWizards of the Coast2019-10-04
    Official Ruling
    Oko's second ability may target a permanent that is only temporarily an artifact or a creature, such as Oko, the Trickster. If this happens, the effect causes that permanent to remain a green Elk creature even after the temporary effect expires.
  • WWizards of the Coast2019-10-04
    Official Ruling
    If the affected creature gains an ability after Oko's second ability resolves, it will keep that ability.
  • WWizards of the Coast2019-10-04
    Official Ruling
    Oko's second ability overwrites all colors and creature types the affected creature has. It's just a green Elk. The creature keeps any supertypes (such as legendary) it has, but loses any other card types it has (such as artifact).
  • WWizards of the Coast2019-10-04
    Official Ruling
    Gaining control of a permanent doesn't cause you to gain control of any Auras or Equipment attached to it. Gaining control of an Equipment doesn't cause it to become unattached, although its new controller may activate its equip abilities during their main phase.
  • WWizards of the Coast2019-10-04
    Official Ruling
    The effects of Oko's second ability lasts indefinitely. It doesn't expire during the cleanup step or if you or Oko leave the game.
  • WWizards of the Coast2019-10-04
    Official Ruling
    Oko's second ability overwrites all previous effects that set the creature's base power and toughness to specific values. Any power- or toughness-setting effects that start to apply after Oko's second ability resolves will overwrite this effect.
  • WWizards of the Coast2019-10-04
    Official Ruling
    Effects that modify a creature's power and/or toughness, such as the effect of Festive Funeral, will apply to the creature no matter when they started to take effect. The same is true for any counters that change its power and/or toughness.
  • WWizards of the Coast2019-10-04
    Official Ruling
    The effects of Oko's third ability lasts indefinitely. It doesn't expire during the cleanup step or if the creature you take has its power raised above 3 later.
  • WWizards of the Coast2024-11-08
    Official Ruling
    You can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability.
  • WWizards of the Coast2024-11-08
    Official Ruling
    Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
  • WWizards of the Coast2024-11-08
    Official Ruling
    Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.

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COMMENTS · 7
  • WO
    Oko, Thief of Crowns was banned in other on August 3, 2022. No public reasoning provided. Source: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-digital/community-spotlight-gladiator-august-2022
  • WO
    Oko, Thief of Crowns was banned in historic on March 9, 2020. Oko, Thief of Crowns is a powerful card that is difficult to interact with in an advantageous way. After observing the health of the format with and without these cards, we've decided to upgrade the suspensions to bans. Source: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/news/march-9-2020-banned-and-restricted-announcement
  • WO
    Oko, Thief of Crowns was banned in modern on January 13, 2020. Oko, Thief of Crowns has become the most played card in competitive Modern, with an inclusion rate approaching 40% of decks in recent league play and tabletop tournaments. In additional to having a high overall power level, Oko has proven to reduce metagame diversity and diversity of game play patterns in Modern. Source: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/news/january-13-2020-banned-and-restricted-announcement
  • WO
    Oko, Thief of Crowns was banned in pioneer on December 16, 2019. In considering possible changes to bring the deck in better balance with the rest of the field, Oko, Thief of Crowns stands out as a powerful threat that is difficult to answer and shores up many natural weaknesses of ramp decks. In addition, Oko, Thief of Crowns appears in several of the other strongest decks and would likely continue to contribute to metagame balance problems long term. Source: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/news/december-16-2019-pioneer-banned-announcement
  • WO
    Oko, Thief of Crowns was banned in other on April 7, 2024. Gladiator: We've also updated the Gladiator banned list to match the most recent banned list, so you won't see these cards in the preconstructed decks. Source: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/mtg-arena-announcements-april-8-2024
  • WO
    Oko, Thief of Crowns was banned in brawl on November 18, 2019. For similar reasons outlined in the Standard discussion, and to bring tabletop and Arena Brawl into alignment, Oko, Thief of Crowns is also banned in tabletop Brawl. Source: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/november-18-2019-banned-and-restricted-announcement
  • WO
    Oko, Thief of Crowns was banned in standard on November 18, 2019. Food decks featuring Oko, Thief of Crowns have been the most popular and most winning for the majority of the Throne of Eldraine Standard season. Oko, Thief of Crowns has also reduced metagame diversity and diversity of gameplay in Standard by shutting off build-around creatures and artifacts. Ultimately, Oko's power level has proven higher than is healthy for the current metagame, and higher than intended for future environments. Source: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/november-18-2019-banned-and-restricted-announcement