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'''Basic Trope''': A playable or selectable unit in a game has no special abilities.
* '''Straight''': In the ''TV Tropes Online CollectibleCardGame'', Edit Warrior is a 2 HP/1 AP unit for 1 cost, with no abilities.
* '''Exaggerated''': Edit Warrior isn't even part of any groups or tribes, so it can't do anything aside from attack and take attacks.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Edit Warrior is a French vanilla — it has a keyword ability that lets it defend whatever's behind it from piercing attacks, but has no abilities outside of that.
** Edit Warrior is a virtual vanilla — when played, it causes all other Edit Warriors to gain 1 AP, but has no abilities outside of that.
* '''Justified''': In-universe, Edit Warriors are [[CannonFodder trained en masse and given only cheap equipment,]] so they're not able to do much outside of basic attacks.
* '''Inverted''': Edit Warrior has ''every'' ability in the game.
* '''Subverted''':
** Edit Warrior has an [[GuideDangIt unlisted]] ability to deal double damage to any [[TheScrappy Scrappy]]-tribe character it attacks, and there are no other ability-less units in the game.
** Edit Warrior seems like a plain unit at first, but adding BaseBreakingCharacter to your deck gives every Edit Warrior the ability to make a bonus attack at the end of each turn.
* '''Double Subverted''': A later expansion {{powercreep}}s Edit Warrior with the addition of Edit Soldier, a 2 HP/2 AP unit for 1 cost which truly has no abilities.
* '''Parodied''': When Edit Warriors talk in other media, they prove to be [[TheGenericGuy vanilla in personality]] as well, having few traits to speak of.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': [[BalanceBuff Buffs]] and {{nerf}}s cause the vanilla status of units to shift wildly.
* '''Averted''': Every card in the game has at least one ability.
* '''Enforced''': "We need to make a basic card that's simple and easy to understand for new players."
* '''Lampshaded''': Edit Warrior's flavor text says:
--> ''No edit of his shall be undone! Basic and reliable. Armor infused with 100% pure vanilla extract.''
* '''Invoked''': A player uses a card which [[PowerNullifier removes the special abilities of all units]], turning everything on the field into vanillas.
* '''Exploited''': A player uses Edit Warrior and other vanillas alongside a card which [[PowerNullifier removes the special abilities of all units]], which obviously doesn't affect their own cards and leaves them with an advantage in raw stats.
* '''Defied''': A player runs Edit Warrior and other vanillas alongside cards which give those cards special abilities, so they can benefit from both the vanillas' high stats and the added abilities.
* '''Discussed''': "We've got a platoon of Edit Warriors ready to show those vandals what they're made of! Now, they're working on the cheap, so don't expect them to have any fancy special abilities."
* '''Conversed''': "My deck leads off with Edit Warriors. Sure, they don't have any abilities, but who needs 'em when they're so tough for a 1-cost unit?"
%%* '''Implied''': The trope isn't shown, but the audience is indirectly led to believe that it happened off-screen.
%%* '''Deconstructed''': The trope is played in a way that shows various logical and moral problems with the trope as normally played.
%%* '''Reconstructed''': The trope is played straight, but with the problems raised by the {{deconstruction}} dealt with or addressed.
%%* '''Played for Laughs''': The trope is played straight in a comedic way.
%%* '''Played for Drama''': The trope is played in a melodramatic or serious way.
%%* '''Played for Horror''': The trope is played in a horrifying way.
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