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Creatures with Fear cannot be blocked except by black or artifact creatures.

There is also a newer rule called Intimidate which functions similarly, except creatures with Intimidate cannot be blocked except by artifact creatures or creatures that share a color with it.

I'm pretty sure Intimidate is replacing Fear since Geth, Lord of the Vault has Intimidate. If so, cards with Fear will still function exactly as described above.

[QUOTE=SavajCabbaj]I'm pretty sure Intimidate is replacing Fear since Geth, Lord of the Vault has Intimidate. If so, cards with Fear will still function exactly as described above.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, they didn't like using a keyworded ability that referenced a specific color. So they're not using fear anymore, just intimidate.

However, they made no change to the fear ability; Severed Legion, for example, works the same way it always has.

Here's the rule on fear (from the Comprehensive Rules):

702.33. Fear

702.33a Fear is an evasion ability.

702.33b A creature with fear can’t be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures. (See rule 509, “Declare Blockers Step.”)

702.33c Multiple instances of fear on the same creature are redundant.

Glad to see they're not doing away with fear.. I always thought it'd be interesting to see a non-black, non-artifact creature with the keyword fear. On the other hand, an artifact creature with intimidate would likewise be interesting.

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[QUOTE=SavajCabbaj]I always thought it'd be interesting to see a non-black, non-artifact creature with the keyword fear. [/QUOTE]

Then behold Dust Elemental.

Ooh! Very nifty :D I'll need to gank a pair of those sometime, awesome evasion on that.