Blunt the Assault
55PlayableInstant
Scars of Mirrodin
2HG Rating
55/100
Mixed in 2HG — combat fog / damage prevention, but incremental lifegain.
- +10Combat fog / damage prevention
You're defending against two attacking players out of one shared life pool. Fog effects buy a full team turn.
- −5Incremental lifegain
60 shared life is a bigger pool than 20, so small lifegain is proportionally weaker — and it's the same pool your teammate is spending.
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
You gain 1 life for each creature on the battlefield. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
Legality
Plays well beside it
Shares the "combat fog / damage prevention" 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 Blunt the Assault.