Isildur's Fateful Strike

44Situational

Legendary Instant {2} {B} {B} The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth

2HG Rating

44/100

Loses value in 2HG: single-target answer.

Weak in 2HGNeutralFormat staple

−6
Single-target answer
Two opponents deploy two boards. Spot removal trades down unless it's cheap or hits multiple permanents.

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 may cast a legendary instant only if you control a legendary creature or planeswalker.) Destroy target creature. If its controller has more than four cards in hand, they exile cards from their hand equal to the difference.

Legality

standardpioneermodernlegacyvintagecommander

Plays well beside it

Fits the same colour identity — 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 Isildur's Fateful Strike.

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