Author of Shadows

66Strong in 2HG

Creature — Shade Warlock {4} {B} Commander 2021

2HG Rating

66/100

Gains value in 2HG: board sweeper.

Weak in 2HGNeutralFormat staple

+16
Board sweeper
A wrath answers two developed boards at once. Sweepers are premium removal in 2HG.

Ratings start at a neutral 50 and are adjusted by rules derived from 2HG's structure — shared 60 life, shared turns, two opponents. They'll be recalibrated against real play rates once teams start submitting decklists.

Oracle text

When this creature enters, exile all opponents' graveyards. Choose a nonland card exiled this way. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.

Legality

standardpioneermodernlegacyvintagecommander

Plays well beside it

Shares the "board sweeper" axis — good candidates for your teammate's deck.

Suggestions are characteristic-based for now. Once teams submit pairings, this becomes a real co-occurrence score: played in X% of teams whose partner deck runs Author of Shadows.

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