I think it's pretty funny that Odric is in the
set with exalted, yet he doesn't play as well
with it as does Hero of Bladehold. That doesn't
mean he's bad, though; far from it. I can't
recall seeing this kind of game text since
Master Warcraft, way back in the original
Ravnica set, and if you can trigger it, it
basically says "At the end of this attack step,
you win the game." With all the creature removal
spells in recent sets, you may be worried about
having enough creatures in play to actually pull
off said trigger; but don't forget that this
character is supposed to be from Innistrad,
which also gave us Lingering Souls and Moorland
Haunt. A White Weenie deck with card advantage
and the ability to ignore blockers - in my
Magic: the Gathering? It's more likely than you
think.
Welcome back readers and todays card of the day
is my favorite legend out of the new cycle in
Magic 2013. Odric, Master tactician rewards you
for having a large board presence and allows you
to control opponents blocks, if you want to make
them block at all. In standard this combines
well with token producers such as Blade Splicer,
Lingering Souls and other cards such as Hero of
Bladehold which unfortunately clashes’ at the
four drop slot. I feel there is a lot of
potential for this card in standard barring a
board sweeper you can dominate combat and with
the emphasis Wizards has been placing on
creatures this guy has a lot of potential to be
explored. In modern I can see this card maybe
being put to use in some sort of token strategy
but I don’t know if he is powerful enough for
the format. In legacy and vintage the same
concept applies token and swarm strategies may
want him but he could be slow and not exactly
worthy of including in your deck.
In casual and
multiplayer this card shines so much pumping out
token armies is a heavily supported strategy and
being able to make your army unblockable or kill
important creatures of your opponents by forcing
lopsided blocks. This card also has potential
political applications making it a strong card
and the relevant creature type of solider is
extremely relevant as well. In limited it’s a
solid card if you can draft enough creatures to
overwhelm the board and perhaps tokens
this is a real bomb in limited. Overall this is
one of mu favorite legends and I feel it
definitely has potential in constructed and in
casual and multiplayer and commander it is an
all star.
Today's card of the day is Odric, Master
Tactician which is a four mana White 3/4
Legendary soldier with First Strike and if he
attacks with three or more other creatures you
choose if creatures block and how they block.
The base stats of 3/4 with First Strike for four
isn't bad, but is hardly playable by itself.
The effect of controlling blocking is huge
though and a deck with power increasing effects
and enough creatures can easily win in a single
attack even with blockers in play.
In a different scenario it can also severely
weaken an opponent's army by having as many
blockers as possible die in a well planned
attack.
Overall this is a very powerful card with a good
deal of support and will definitely be seeing
competitive play.
In Limited this can easily win games if you can
field enough creatures to trigger the effect.
Without that a four mana 3/4 with First Strike
is still playable and should be decked whenever
possible just on the chance of controlling
blocking. An easy first pick in Booster
and the double White shouldn't prevent it from
being used in a Sealed that is running a decent
supply of White mana. Supporting Odric with as
many decent offensive creatures as possible is
best, though as that is a standard strategy in
the format it shouldn't alter deck design much
to accommodate him.
Welcome to the card of the day section here at
Pojo.com! We are closing out this week looking
at Odric, Master Tactician from M13. Odric is a
legendary white creature human soldier that
costs two generic and two white mana and is a
3/4. Odrik has first strike and says that
whenever Odric and at least three other
creatures are attack, you choose which creatures
block this combat and how those creatures block.
I love Odrik. He is one of the two best new
legends printed. The other for me being Krenko,
Mob Boss. Which coincidentally, the two would
work wonders together! Odrik is great because of
what he allows you to do, and that is, of
course, break the rules! He breaks the combat
rules by taking blocking out of your opponents
hands and into your own. You may choose to have
your opponents creatures enter into obvious bad
blocks to gain board advantage. The best part
about Odrik though is you may also choose for
your opponent’s creatures NOT to block. Meaning
a well laid army is going to walk right into
your opponent untouched. I like the idea of
building a red and white deck around Odrik so
that you can utilize Fervor with him, because
that is a drawback of him hitting the board is
the wait, and giving your opponent the heads up.
When used with Fervor, they will never see it
coming until it’s too late!
