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Oko, Thief of Crowns

Oko, Thief of Crowns

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Oko, Thief of Crowns is a planeswalker card in the customizable card game Magic: The Gathering printed in the expansion set Throne of Eldraine in 2019. Oko's primary ability is turning creatures and artifacts into Elk, and many of the memes refer to the preponderance of Elk that followed his introduction to the meta-game.

Origin

On August 28th, 2019, the character Ono was announced as part of the Throne of Eldraine expansion set.[1] The character is considered one of the most dominant cards in Magic history (character shown below).



Spread

Following the announcement, fans of the card game began making jokes about the character. On September 7th 2019, Redditor [4] ReneDescartes314 captioned a Frank Reynolds meme with "Oko Time" (shown below).


Oko Time (.imgur.com) submitted 2 months ago by ReneDescartes314 13 comments share save hide give award report crosspost When your opponent is trying to burn you out but you have food tokens INKS (gunshots)

Since Oko's role in the game is turning many other things into Elk, many of the memes created to describe or decry his overwhelming presence refer to the fact that everything has been turned into an Elk, or more specifically a 3/3 Elk.

Over the next few months, fans of the character made memes about Oko and turning things into Elk. For example, on October 25th, Twitter [2] user @jeremynoell captioned a news story about elk, "These Oko memes are getting out of hand" (shown below, left).

On October 26th, Redditor[3] yeti1333 posted a They're The Same Picture meme. The post received more than 750 points (99% upvoted) in less than three weeks (shown below, center).

In the following weeks, others made jokes about elks in relation to the character (example below, right).


Colossal Dreadmaw Greature-Dinosaur Trample you feel the ground quake, rum. 1f you hear s bello, flee. you see its toeth, a's oo late 3/3 6/6 Corporate needs you to find the differences between this picture and this picture. They're the same picture. Jeremy Noell @jeremynoell These Oko memes are getting out of hand. CBS News @CBSNews Oct 24 Vengeful deer fatally attacks hunter who shot it cbsn.ws/2N976Rs 4:49 PM Oct 25, 2019 Tweet Deck ACE 134 ACE 13 AGIC The Gathering The Gathering NPICIC The C ELKMASTERS ELKMASTERS wwww ক ELKMASTERS ELJASTERS AGE 13+ ELKMASTERS 15-CARD BOOSTER PACK ELKMASTERS MAST Black Lotus TER P ELKM Mox Opal 15-C Emrakul, the Aeons Torn Creature-Elk Creature-Elk re-Elk Ineffable and incorrut le and incorruptible Ineffable and incorruptible. 3/3 3/3 ELKMASTERS

Various Examples


STAR WARS EPISODE I THE FOOD MENACE THL PHANTO H STAR WARS EPISOD HINACE LIAM N ON WAN GEGOR NAYALIL FORTMAN 1AKE LOYD AN MbARHD GEORGE LUCAY Life is Better when you're an ELK The Premier Charitable and Patriotic Organization in the Nation for more than 150 years 36 Elks Lodges in Washington State Nearly 2000 Lodges Nationwide Nearly one million members Gles usa Your Member hip Means a better future for our youth a better future for oveterans a better future for our communities a better future for our nation MERTCAN MOMMY, LOOK! IT'S OKO, THIEF OF CROWNS UGH BASEBALL DON'T LOOK AT HIM, RICKY I DON'T WANT YOu TO BE INFLUENCED BY... OHGODNO! RICKYYY! IT IS TOO LATE, MOTHER I AM AN ELK NOW -EXTRA FABULOUS COMICS
My hands look like this, So hers can look like this. shutterstack made with mematic 4 Oko, the Trickster Legendary Planeswalker Oko Put two +1/+1 counters on up to one target creature you control. +1 Until end of turn, Oko, the Trickster becomes a 0 copy of target creature you control. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn. Until end of turn, each creature you control has base power and toughness 10/10 and gains trample. -7 4 309 M ELD EN CHRIS RALLIS TM & 2019 Wizards of the Coast

Search Interest

External References

[1] Forbes – Meet Oko

[2] Twitter – @jeremynoell's Tweet

[3] Reddit – /r/magicthecirclejerking

[4] Reddit – /r/magicthecirclejerking

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