All of this is to say that Oko is extremely hard to answer in combat, so it largely requires a spell to deal with it (or, as we see in Throne of Eldraine Standard, you can go way over the top of its threat generation by, for example, making lots of 2/2s with Field of the Dead)
This two-drop ruled the roost as it gave players an aggressive way to tell people to knock it off
They offer powerful ways to set up future effects and create interesting board states
R&D also uses iconic as a design term for the big, splashy creature type that represents each color , the kind that usually shows up at rare or mythic and feels like a headline threat
Nonbasic lands lose any other land types and abilities they had
The Supporter Cards Help The Versatility and Speed Of This Deck The supporter and item cards in this deck are incredibly useful