Oko, the Trickster
Legendary Planeswalker — Oko
+1: Put two +1/+1 counters on up to one target creature you control.
0: Until end of turn, Oko becomes a copy of target creature you control. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn.
−7: Until end of turn, each creature you control has base power and toughness 10/10 and gains trample.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GU
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.93
- EDHREC rank
- #16727
Oko, the Trickster lands as a six-mana planeswalker who copies creatures and grows them into 10/10 Elks — powerful on paper, but six mana is a steep ask when the payoff doesn't close games on its own. Playable in the right shell, cuttable in most.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Oko, the Trickster occupies a niche role: green-blue creature decks that want repeated token generation or can leverage the +2 to copy relevant creatures each turn cycle. Six mana means it competes with actual threats on your curve, so it earns a slot only if the ultimate is a realistic win condition or the token copy is synergistic with what you're already doing. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's essentially unplayed — the other Oko is banned in most of those formats, which ironically leaves this one legal but ignored, since it doesn't approach the same power level. Oathbreaker is the one format where Oko, the Trickster might see genuine consideration as the planeswalker commander itself, pairing with a Simic spell signature that supports token or copy strategies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.93 bulk tier
At $0.93, Oko, the Trickster is firmly bulk — the price reflects its limited competitive demand across formats. That figure is unlikely to move meaningfully unless a Commander archetype emerges that specifically breaks the copy-creature ultimate, which hasn't happened yet.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.