We considered options that would further weaken Urza-based artifact decks, while still allowing for decks based around that general strategy. Our data indicates that removing Oko alone would still leave Urza decks in a dominant position in the metagame. In addition to being an important part of blue-green Urza decks, Oko was also used by a number of other top Modern decks. In order to improve the health of game play and to weaken Urza decks and other top decks, Oko, Thief of Crowns is banned in Modern. In additional to having a high overall power level, Oko has proven to reduce metagame diversity and diversity of game play patterns in Modern. Oko, Thief of Crowns has become the most played card in competitive Modern, with an inclusion rate approaching 40% of decks in recent league play and tabletop tournaments. The cards most strongly contributing to the high win rate of these decks are Oko, Thief of Crowns and Mox Opal. These decks also have a winning matchup against nine of the other ten most popular competitive decks, indicating an inability of the metagame to adjust on its own. Over the last several weeks, base blue-green decks using Urza, Lord High Artificer have risen to the top of competitive Modern, earning the most 5-0 trophies in Magic Online league play and maintaining a non-mirror match win percentage of more than 55%. The list of all banned and restricted cards, by format, is here. Effective Date ( Magic Online and tabletop): January 14, 2020
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