Two-Headed Giant

Ruinous Waterbending

61Playable

Sorcery — Lesson{1}{B}{B}Avatar: The Last Airbender

2HG Rating

61/100

Mixed in 2HG — board sweeper, but incremental lifegain.

Weak in 2HGNeutralFormat staple
  • +16
    Board sweeper

    A wrath answers two developed boards at once. Sweepers are premium removal in 2HG.

  • −5
    Incremental 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

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may waterbend {4}. (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for {1}.) All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn. If this spell's additional cost was paid, whenever a creature dies this turn, you gain 1 life.

Legality

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