Vanilla

A 'vanilla' creature has an empty oracle text box: no abilities, no keywords, just a stat line. The reference point for creature evaluation ('a bear' = 2/2 for two, 'a fatty' = a big vanilla) and a useful filter for cube/limited curve-filling, budget builds, and stat-based searches. Pairs with combat.french_vanilla, which covers creatures whose only text is evergreen keyword abilities (Flying, Vampire Nighthawk's flying/deathtouch/lifelink). Vanilla = no text; french vanilla = keyword-only text.