Variable Solutions
79Strong in 2HGSorcery
Alchemy: Secrets of Strixhaven
2HG Rating
79/100
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.
- +12Team-wide edict
Forcing both opponents to sacrifice strips two boards for one card — the classic 2HG blowout.
- −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
If X is 1, seek a basic land card and put it onto the battlefield tapped. If X is 2, each opponent sacrifices an artifact of their choice. If X is 3, conjure a random creature card with mana value X onto the battlefield. If X is 4 or more, you gain 2 life. Then do all of the above.
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 Variable Solutions.