My initial assessment of Oko, Thief of Crowns was that its fundamental play pattern was so strong that it would have to be great in Standard, and I even suspected that it might have a place in Modern
As a general rule, those differences are important to help keep colors distinctbut when faced with wordiness on a card that's already wordy, we'll err towards the cleaner answer even if it's slightly less "in color." Call of the Full Moon One of the cool things about Magic Origins and its exploration of many worlds we've seen before was that we were able to make a number of cards that were mechanical throwbacks to the set we were revisiting
The chase card of Silver Tempest Lugia has an established fanbase from Gold and Silver
That prediction turned out to be dead wrong, and the card continued its nearly two-year stretch of continuous growth, helped along by an unusually strong sales day on February 23
Arvad fits that role in spades, making him a great inclusion in either Legends Matter decks or ones that just happen to have a lot of legends by happenstance
Many collectors track it in Ancient Roar card list & price updates to see how its value trends
