Providing early-game value through a specific copy, and runaway late-game boosts through its blanket ETB doubling, Virtue of Knowledge is as powerful as it is reliable
Thankfully, things get a bit better after that
The set of creatures affected by Oddric's ability and how they are affected is determined as the ability resolves
doublers turn a stable board into an explosive one
4 Concealed Courtyard 2 Erode 4 Iron-Shield Elf 2 Inspiring Vantage 3 Burst Lightning 1 Cecil, Dark Knight 4 Starting Town 4 Practiced Offense 1 Mountain 1 Shardmage's Rescue 1 Multiversal Passage 4 Moonshadow 4 Hardened Academic 4 Marauding Mako 4 Sacred Foundry 4 Cool but Rude 1 Blazemire Verge 3 Tersa Lightshatter 4 Bloodghast 4 Blood Crypt 1 Godless Shrine 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun 2 Strategic Betrayal 1 Seam Rip 1 Shoot the Sheriff 2 Case of the Crimson Pulse 1 Erode 3 Voice of Victory 4 Leyline of the Void A small number of pilots brought Mardu Discard to Pro Tour Secrets of Strixhaven , and despite failing to make the Top 8, the deck looked quite good
Look at this beauty: Some say magic was first practiced by women, who have always felt strong ties to the land. It is no secret that some of my all-time favorite Magic card arts are Lightning Bolt and Icy Manipulator
