"Why were child and guest made creature types? They aren't really classes or occupations the way most other creature types are. Not all creature types have to be classes or occupations. They’re categories you can apply to creatures." Neither is Peasant, but we have lots of those. There's Cowards too.

Also Elder (in least in how we use it, to mean very old).

Is there any demand to errata Norin the Wary so that he's now a coward?

It comes up from time to time.

I just wanted to voice the opinion of myself and others that you didn’t blow it with Norin the Wary. He’s no coward, he’s a vigilant, rightfully wary survivor and we won’t let his good name be slandered. : )

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Meaning of the word aside, the art and flavor text clearly depict the traveler as fearful meaning scared, rather than frightening. He is shown running away from wolves and being called a coward. Additionally, the wolf on the backside (Fearsome Werewolf) is likely supposed to be a juxtaposition (fearful vs fearsome), so it seems unlikely the traveller was *also* supposed to be scary. No hate at all though Mark, I love your work and blogs. It is just reasonably interesting.

You’re correct. The implication of the creative is he’s afraid. I’ll admit that I didn’t look at the card when answering the first question, I just looked up the definition, so that’s on me. Why does he have menace? Mechanically, he’s a common and for simplicity we just wanted to change the creature’s stats. Flavorwise, my guess is he’s both afraid and intimidating. Those qualities can coexist.I do admit, it’s not doing the best job of reinforcing the menace.

Any chance we'll see the line "cowards can't block Warriors" or similar rules text again? It's always been my favourite to quote

It’s a possibility.

Could Coward be a (minor) theme in a standard-legal set?

It’s a very limited theme,

Why is Norin the Wary not a Coward?

I don’t believe it was a creature type at the time.

What's the intended audience for the Duel Decks!? I bought the Mind v Might pair intending to use it to introduce my friend to Magic... but both of the decks turned out to be really technically demanding (Suspend!? Warriors/Cowards!?), and so it made learning more difficult than it needed to be.

Planeswalker Packs are actually the preconstructed decks more designed for beginners.

I know is not a question but I see that there is a lot of people saying that blue is hard for new people. When I started to play I chose blue because it was my favorite color. I didn't see wich one is more easy. But for me it wasn't soo hard because I'm pretty coward and I liked the idea of responding to the others actions instead of be agresive and attack. And I liked using counters or returning permanents to heir hand when I was afraid to something. Now I can't imagine me without using blue.

Whenever I talk about data, I’m talking in conglomerate. The average new player is more likely to do thing X. That doesn’t mean none of them do thing Y, just less.

Is there a chance we'll ever see a card with the printed type "coward"?

There is.