Grave Venerations
82Format stapleEnchantment
Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander
2HG Rating
82/100
Mixed in 2HG — hits each opponent, but monarch / initiative.
- +22Hits each opponent
There are two opponents in 2HG, so every 'each opponent' clause resolves twice against a single shared life total.
- +14Damage to each opponent
Drain and burn that reads 'each opponent' comes off one shared 60-life total, so the printed number doubles.
- −4Monarch / initiative
In 2HG the monarch is held by a team, so the crown swings between two players and is much harder to steal back.
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 enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your end step, if you're the monarch, return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Legality
Plays well beside it
Shares the "hits each opponent" 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 Grave Venerations.