Pack tactics

Mechanic Keywords

On one of the Trivia Contest Attraction variants: what all fits in the category of “named mechanics”? Would things like Alliance and Pack Tactics count? Or keyword abilities like reach or double strike?

Keywords and ability words all count.

Ability Words Alliance Birthday Double Strike Keyword Abilities Keywords Mechanics Pack tactics Trivia Contest

About Ability Words and Flavor Words

Why did you choose to have a single ability word in a set with flavor words as well? It feels kind of pointless. Ability words are supposed to be a mental short cut for players, but with so many flavor words, I still read the Pack Tactics cards, since the other italicized words do not function as a marker.

They wanted pack tactics because it helped tie together a limited archetype. I agree that there is a lesson about mixing flavor words and ability words in the same set.

Ability Words Flavor Words Limited Pack tactics

Pack Tactics as Ability Word

Hey Mark. Would you count pack tactics from AFR as an ability word or a flavour word used on multiple cards?

It’s an ability word. Here’s how you can tell it’s an ability word and not a flavor word - editing treats them slightly different in a very subtle way. Every word in a flavor word is capitalized. Only the first word in an ability word is capitalized. Tactics being lower case means that it was edited as an ability word rather than a flavor word.

Ability Words Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Flavor Words Pack tactics

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