Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst
67Strong in 2HGArtifact // SorceryStrixhaven: School of Mages
2HG Rating
67/100
Mixed in 2HG — hits each opponent, but incremental lifegain.
- +22Hits each opponent
There are two opponents in 2HG, so every 'each opponent' clause resolves twice against a single shared life total.
- −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
Pestilent Cauldron
, Discard a card: Create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
, : Each opponent mills cards equal to the amount of life you gained this turn.
, : Exile four target cards from a single graveyard. Draw a card.
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Restorative Burst
Return up to two target creature, land, and/or planeswalker cards from your graveyard to your hand. Each player gains 4 life. Exile Restorative Burst.
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 Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst.