Thieves' Auction

66Strong in 2HG

Sorcery {4} {R} {R} {R} Eighth Edition

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

Exile all nontoken permanents. Starting with you, each player chooses one of the exiled cards and puts it onto the battlefield tapped under their control. Repeat this process until all cards exiled this way have been chosen.

Legality

standardpioneermodernlegacyvintagecommander

Plays well beside it

Shares the "board sweeper" 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 Thieves' Auction.

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