Oko, Thief of Crowns
Oko, Thief of Crowns: Legendary Planeswalker - Oko, Throne of Eldraine. [+2]: Create a Food token. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}{U}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Legendary Planeswalker - Oko
- Colour identity
- Blue and green (UG)
- Loyalty
- 4
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine (ELD)
- Released
- 2019-10-04
- Collector number
- 197
- Artist
- Yongjae Choi
- Keywords
- Food
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About Oko, Thief of Crowns
Oko, Thief of Crowns is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare blue and green legendary planeswalker from Throne of Eldraine (ELD), an expansion set released in October 2019. It is collector number 197 in that set, with art by Yongjae Choi. It costs {1}{G}{U} (one generic, one blue and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It enters with 4 loyalty. Its colour identity is blue and green. It is legal in Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Timeless and Gladiator. It is banned in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Brawl and Historic. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Throne of Eldraine (2019) to Breaking News (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $7.42 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
[+2]: Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, 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.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $7.42 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Oko, Thief of Crowns by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Banned |
|---|---|
| Modern | Banned |
| Legacy | Banned |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Banned |
| Historic | Banned |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Oko, Thief of Crowns
Oko, Thief of Crowns has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Breaking News (OTP) #50 | Mythic | 2024 |
| Breaking News (OTP) #77 | Mythic | 2024 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #78858 | Mythic | 2019 |
| Throne of Eldraine (ELD) #271 | Mythic | 2019 |
| Throne of Eldraine Promos (PELD) #197p | Mythic | 2019 |
| Throne of Eldraine Promos (PELD) #197s | Mythic | 2019 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Oko, Thief of Crowns, newest first.
- 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.
- Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
- Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
- 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.
- If either of the target permanents is an illegal target when Oko's last ability resolves, the exchange won't happen.
- 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.
- If the affected creature gains an ability after Oko's second ability resolves, it will keep that ability.
- 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).
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