---
name: "Odric, Master Tactician"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Soldier"
colors: []
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["First strike"]
set: "CMM"
set_name: "Commander Masters"
collector_number: "46"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Michael Komarck"
oracle_id: "ade898df-14a5-460b-94f6-1f3f74d3ff95"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/odric-master-tactician-cmm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Odric, Master Tactician
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
- **Keywords:** First strike

## Oracle Text
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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Odric, Lunarch Marshal](/printing/odric-lunarch-marshal-inr.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
2. [Master of Arms](/printing/master-of-arms-wth.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
3. [Preeminent Captain](/printing/preeminent-captain-m15.md) — Creature — Kithkin Soldier
4. [Advance Scout](/printing/advance-scout-tmp.md) — Creature — Human Soldier Scout
5. [New Master of Arms](/printing/new-master-of-arms-mb2.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
6. [Archetype of Courage](/printing/archetype-of-courage-bng.md) — Enchantment Creature — Human Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Masters (CMM) #46
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Michael Komarck

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2012-07-01)* All blocking declarations must still be legal.
- *(2012-07-01)* 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.
- *(2012-07-01)* You can decide that a creature won't block.