Frontline Rebel

Creature Type Updates

Its been over 15 years since the grand creature type update. Is there plans to do a smaller scale version to update old creature types? Like making Frontline Rebel a Rebel finally? Or Witch Engine a Phyrexian? Or combine older types like Aurochs and Oxen?

There are no current plans to do another Grand Creature Type Update.

Aurochs Aurochs Creatures Frontline Rebel Oxen Phyrexian Rebel Witch Engine

Rebel Creature Type Update

Today it was previewed that the Rebel creature type is returning, this time detached from the Masques block tutoring mechanic. Now that it's no longer a special mechanic-restricted type, will it be added to other creatures that are clearly rebels (for example, Frontline Rebel from Aether Revolt)?

There are no current plans to do that as far as I know.

Aether Revolt Creatures Frontline Rebel Mechanics Rebel Revolt Tutoring Tutoring

Balancing Class and Creature Types

While I understand the complexities that prevented the artificers in Aether Revolt from having the creature type Rebels, doesn’t Frontline Rebel violate the “card names with a class name should have that class” guideline? How do you balance this, especially looking at the possibilities for reprinting such a card where the nuance of why it’s not a rebel may be lost?

I think it should have been a Rebel. That said, monitoring creature types can get pretty complex. They are the one part of the card that regularly has mechanical and creative ramifications.

Aether Revolt Aether Revolt Artificer Card Names Creatures Frontline Rebel Rebel Reprints Revolt

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