Odric, Lunarch Marshal

Updating Cards Discussion

If the rules found a way to define "keyword abilities" what would your thoughts be on updating cards like Odric, Lunarch Marshal

That’s how the cards started, but defining”keywords” in this sense is harder for the rules than it might seem.

Keyword Abilities Keywords Odric, Lunarch Marshal Rules

Odric Trivia

MaRo, I totally forgot to ask for birthday trivia while I had the chance! (Jan 5th) Do you have any trivia on Odric, Lunarch Marshal? (Either as a card or as a character?) Thanks!

The original Odric basically had Battalion but before the mechanic premiered so we tweaked it to not quite be Battalion. Happy Belated Birthday!

Battalion Birthday Mark Rosewater Mechanics Odric, Lunarch Marshal

Haste Virtual Vanilla

Is a creature with Haste a virtual vanilla? After the first turn Haste doesn't mean much, but bring Odric, Lunarch Marshal into it and things are a bit weird. Does Haste past the first turn have any other interactions?

We count haste as virtual vanilla because 99.9% of the time it is.

Creatures Haste Odric, Lunarch Marshal Vanilla

Odric Prowess Omission

Why doesn't Odric, Lunarch Marshal grant prowess, seeing as it's an evergreen keyword ability. Did the flavor not fit? If so, what about the other abilities? Was it too complex?

This is my most asked question today, so I went and asked Dave Humpherys, the lead developer of Shadows over Innistrad. Here’s what he said: “As I recall, it is because Prowess stacks and none of the others keywords we used do. We thought it would be confusing since some creatures would have multiple instances of prowess others just one. And people would get that wrong a lot.”

Creatures Dave Humpherys Evergreen Flavor Keyword Abilities Keywords Odric, Lunarch Marshal Prowess Shadows over Innistrad

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