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Odric's deck needs creatures and spells to make lots of Soldier tokens, including Martial Coup, Captain of the Watch, and Call the Coppercoats, then boost them with anthem effects like Glorious Anhem

So while black has some really stellar reanimation including the eponymous Reanimate there are just so many decent options, that none can really be claimed to be essential

He can get you a decent amount of lore in combination with other cards, but on his own, he's just okay and won't see much use in his ability

Both upgrade paths are legitimate, although currently, Izzet Phoenix is much more popular in Standard than Izzet Drakes

As you attack with creatures with infect, opponents are more apt to blocking with their creatures to decrease how many more poison counters are dealt to them via combat damage