Talking about Oko, Mark Rosewater stated in the State of Design 2020, that a challenge of designing planeswalkers card is creating a design that is the exciting and evocative without becoming overbearing, and that Oko failed in this respect
Let's face it, this is a color combination of graveyard fun times
While the card can be frustrating to play against, especially when you dont have a removal spell for it, I am still a fan of the card as it breaks the mould of yet another Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer/Lurrus of the Dream-Den deck
In terms of specific synergies with the new cards, there are a number of notables
Jolene, the Plunder Queen Jolene, the Plunder Queen creates an incentive for the table to attack more often
"Seeing them lined up alongside all these beautiful, modern artworks by all the other artists felt a bit awkward," Nomura-san laughs