MArcomage

what's up if the opponent as only one undead in hand and is durable (vampire lord, hungry dead...) and I use an holy banish (avenging angel, paladin...) triggering holy bonus?
the undead will be discarded by banish or it will be replaced by purified ashes?

Holy will make it's effect before Banish, but there is no reason behind it @_@. How would you expect it to work?

ok, the way it works it's fine.
also alastor (holy, burning, banish!) could have problems of this kind.
Is there a priority between keywords?
what effect will have a nature dragon? (I already have a nice picture of a nature dragon, but i didn't proposed a concept due to keyword's conflict).

Yes there is a priority. Keywords are executed in this order:

Durable, Quick, Swift, Unliving, Soldier, Mage, Undead, Burning, Holy, Brigand, Barbarian, Beast, Dragon, Banish, Titan, Alliance, Legend, Skirmisher, Destruction, Restoration, Illusion, Nature, Rebirth, Flare attack, Frenzy, Enduring, Charge.

Only the end of the list (Rebirth, Flare attack, Frenzy, Enduring, Charge) is ordered. The rest of the list is arbitrary. Perhaps it shouldn't be.

Keyword priority should follow the order they are written in the card: the first keyword should be the more important . so that an illusion/nature card will give more importance to the illusion keyword (so you will recive an enemy rare and not a rare nature).

Fithz's last post is the idea i was going to write down =)

Nice idea, however the order they are written on the cards is also arbitrary. So in other words, such order doesn't exist yet.

I think that the clear course of action here would be to change the keyword order on existing cards that don't match the priority list.

I think we should first create a priority list based on some idea. Then, rearrange the keywords on the cards.

Stop anticipationg my thoughts already!

Great minds think alike.

You were going to suggest that too, right? =D

I propose this order:

First group (category keywords):

Alliance, Barbarian, Beast, Brigand, Burning, Destruction, Dragon, Holy, Illusion, Legend, Mage, Nature, Restoration, Soldier, Titan, Undead, Unliving.

Second group (effect keywords):

Durable, Quick, Swift, Banish, Skirmisher, Rebirth, Flare attack, Frenzy, Enduring, Charge.

For example Burning effect is executed before a Holy effect, so Burning discard one card from opponent's hand and then Holy effect will try to discard a card (if there is a valid target for Holy to discard). On the other hand when there is a conflict with drawing the next card (Durable and Nature for example), the effect which takes place later applies. Durable overrides Nature for example.

In alphabetic order? good idea, easy to remember.

What made Frenzy (& Rebirth?) end up in the second group? There are no cards for wich this matters, bu8t Im curious anyway.

Frenzy & Rebirth are both effect keywords, so they belong to the second group. Additionally, Rebirth must be before the Flare attack and Frenzy before Charge.

What I meant to ask:
What is the difference between a category and an effect keyword?

If I look at what these keywords do, I don't truly understand.

Their origin. Category keywords were crated for grouping some cards together. Effect keywords were created mainly for purpose of adding some effect to a card.

It's a classification born before the "tokens revolution", when keywords like holy, undead... had no effects.
edit: Mojko's explanation is better

The old days...

I do remember them vaguely :-P
Thnx for the answer Moj

An interesting topic, but way too geeky for me to delve into =/

I like Mojkos last post. Priority being set on the card is easier (look at the card instead of memorizing the whole list or having to check manual constantly). This would allow for more combinations as well.