The Battle of Bywater

66Strong in 2HG

Sorcery {1} {W} {W} The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth

2HG Rating

66/100

Gains value in 2HG: board sweeper.

Weak in 2HGNeutralFormat staple

+16
Board sweeper
A wrath answers two developed boards at once. Sweepers are premium removal in 2HG.

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

Destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater. Then create a Food token for each creature you control. (It's an artifact with " {2} , {T} , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

Legality

standardpioneermodernlegacyvintagecommander

Plays well beside it

Shares the "board sweeper" axis — good candidates for your teammate's deck.

Austere Command

Wrath of God

Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Vanquish the Horde

Dusk // Dawn

Fumigate

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 The Battle of Bywater.

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