Swarm Guildmage

41Situational

Creature — Elf Shaman {B} {G} Guilds of Ravnica

2HG Rating

41/100

Loses value in 2HG: incremental lifegain, team anthem.

Weak in 2HGNeutralFormat staple

−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.
−4
Team anthem
Anthems only pump creatures you control — your teammate's board is untouched, so they're worse than they look.

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

{4} {B} , {T} : Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain menace until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) {1} {G} , {T} : You gain 2 life.

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 Swarm Guildmage.

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