Legendary Creature — Human Soldier

Odric, Master Tactician

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The Commander

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.

Guide

Gameplan

Flood the board with creatures, then swing with Odric and at least three others to seize control of all blocking assignments—forcing chump blocks onto your fatties or leaving you wide open to crack back. You win by going wide with tokens and anthems, turning every alpha strike into a one-sided massacre where the opponent's blockers are useless.

Strengths

Once Odric connects with a wide board, combat math becomes entirely lopsided in your favor—you decide what dies and what gets through
Mono-white tokens and go-wide shells are cheap, resilient, and easy to rebuild
Forces bad blocks that can wipe an opponent's defenders while your team survives
Strong against ground-based defensive boards that rely on chump blocking

Weaknesses

The ability only triggers if Odric attacks alongside three others, so wraths and creature removal blunt the whole plan
Mono-white struggles with card advantage and ramp compared to other colors
Fliers, reach, and big single blockers can still be problematic if you can't field four attackers
Pillow-fort and fog effects neutralize your alpha strikes; Odric himself is a removal magnet

Key Cards

Cathars' Crusade — Every token entering pumps your whole team, snowballing your go-wide plan into lethal swings.
Elspeth, Knight-Errant — Churns out 1/1 tokens to reach the four-attacker threshold and gives evasion to push damage.
Secure the Wastes — Instant-speed army-in-a-can that floods the board to enable Odric's trigger immediately.
True Conviction — Double strike plus lifelink turns Odric's forced-block massacres into game-ending blowouts.
Eldrazi Monument — Grants flying and indestructibility, protecting your swarm from blocks and board wipes alike.
Swords to Plowshares — Premium cheap removal to clear the one blocker or threat that disrupts your alpha strike.

Upgrade Path

Lean into cheap, explosive token generators and anthems (Intangible Virtue, Anointed Procession, Divine Visitation) while adding evasion and protection like Eldrazi Monument and Heroic Intervention-style white pieces (Flawless Maneuver, Unbreakable Formation). Improve mana with Smothering Tithe, Land Tax, and fast mana, and add cheap interaction (Swords to Plowshares, Path to Exile, Generous Gift) to clear blockers and protect Odric from removal.

Core Cards

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Win Conditions

▸Alpha strike with Odric controlling blocks so all damage lands on a single opponent
▸Combat damage amplified by anthems and double strike for one-shot kills
▸Grinding opponents out by forcing chump blocks that kill their defenders while you reload tokens

Archetypes

Tokens — Go-wide token production easily meets the four-attacker requirement to flip on Odric's combat control.
Aggro — Odric turns any aggressive wide board into an unblockable-by-choice army that ends games fast.
Anthem Aggro — Stacking +X/+X anthems makes forced bad blocks lethal while your team survives the crackback.