"I had battalion before it was cool"
Posted By:
at0micpickle
(11/4/2013 1:48:45 PM)
I think we're missing the big issue here. Odric looks like the mingling of Christopher Lee and Sean Connery, and he wields a sacred lightsaber.
Posted By:
MizziumSculptor444
(12/16/2013 12:49:29 PM)
Hero of Bladehold and Odric. Nice.
Posted By:
MattLynn
(1/18/2014 8:33:59 AM)
This card is phenomenal. 4 (converted) mana for a 3/4 first-strike. And as if that wasn't enough, attack with him and 3 other creatures, and you can control how opponents block - and if they block at all!
Effectiveness: 5/5
Artwork: 4.5/5
Originality: 5/5
Posted By:
DiJaxx
(1/23/2014 8:36:48 PM)
First strike is nice...
Now give him flanking. He IS a master tactician, after all...
Posted By:
UCSANTABARBARA
(2/11/2014 4:35:16 PM)
Seriously guys, how is this not of 5/5?
I know my post is long, but do read it. I think my points are worth considering
This is perhaps the best Battalion/Soldier Commander there is:
Legendary for
4 Mana
... With
First Strike
... That
is a 3/4
... AND
You get to determine who blocks and how they block if they block at all
(mind you and as Belgarath123 has so kindly explained can target hexproofs)
This card gives you the most ridiculous unfair advantage because it in essence makes your creatures unblockable-
Anecdote time:
ever since I rebuilt by Red-White Battalion around this, Aurelia, the Warleader, and Tajic, Blade of the Legion on a buff-evasion base working from the Battalion mechanic and specialty stacking creature abilities (Archetype of Courage, Archetype of Aggression) my battalion has never lost a single game to date.
Heck, Odric's so effective I haven't gotten to use Au... (see all)
Posted By:
Vastator
(2/15/2014 9:14:04 AM)
You can decide that a creature won't block.
As in, you can swing for enough to kill your opponent and have him block none of it.
I hate him. >:
Posted By:
Tribor
(4/1/2014 3:57:08 PM)
It's no blocks day. No blocks for everyone.
They did the m13 legendary creatures right. 4 of the creatures are highly playable and 2 are actually solid in constructed. I certainly played him a fair bit.
Posted By:
Drewskithelegend
(5/4/2014 12:36:56 PM)
"So yeah, guys... I had an epiphany or something like that... cause God came to me in a dream an said 'Just go around them.'"
Also, lemme give you some future sight: his ability could be keyworded as a compliment to Battalion. The templating would be weird, but here's my go:
Command - Whenever attacking creatures you control trigger Battalion this combat, you choose which creatures block and how those creatures block.
Posted By:
SeriouslyFacetious
(5/10/2014 3:45:47 AM)