Hand to Hand
59PlayableEnchantment
Tempest
2HG Rating
59/100
Gains value in 2HG: symmetrical lock piece.
Weak in 2HGNeutralFormat staple
- +9Symmetrical lock piece
Stax and tax effects tax two opponents for the price of one, while your team plans around them together.
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
During combat, players can't cast instant spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.
Legality
standardpioneermodernlegacyvintagecommander
Plays well beside it
Shares the "symmetrical lock piece" 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 Hand to Hand.