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Odric, Master Tactician

Odric, Master Tactician

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier

Odric wants a deck that turns its opponents against each other. It also works in a deck built around Humans or Soldiers.

  • Mana cost2 genericwhitewhite
  • White ()
  • Power / toughness3 / 4
  • RarityRare

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

Whenever Odric and at least three other creatures attack, you choose which creatures block this combat and how those creatures block.

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Cards That Fit Odric, Master Tactician

Picked for what they do in Odric's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Odric's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Odric, Master Tactician

explain how Odric works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 1 Jul 2012

All blocking declarations must still be legal.

Wizards of the Coast 1 Jul 2012

If there's a cost associated with having a creature block and you choose for that creature to block, its controller can choose to pay that cost or not. If that player decides to not pay that cost, you must propose a new set of blocking creatures.

Wizards of the Coast 1 Jul 2012

You can decide that a creature won't block.

3 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Odric, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryWPlayers write colors as letters: W for white.PoliticsPolitics decks turn opponents against each other, making their creatures attack someone else or letting the whole table vote. Goad is the most common tool: a goaded creature must attack, and must attack someone other than you if it can.Open the Politics pageCombat ControlLets you decide which creatures attack or block, taking that choice away from the player who would normally make it. Odric, Master Tactician, Master WarcraftOpen the Combat Control pageAttack TriggerTriggers when a creature attacks, so the reward comes from declaring the attack. You get it even if the creature is blocked. Sword of the Animist, Adeline, Resplendent CatharOpen the Attack Trigger page