{"id":916,"date":"2017-04-18T23:12:22","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T21:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/?p=916"},"modified":"2018-04-04T09:49:31","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T07:49:31","slug":"amonkhet-two-headed-giant-release-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/amonkhet-two-headed-giant-release-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Amonkhet Two-Headed Giant Release Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While most cards\u00a0work pretty straightforward in 2HG there are some quirks, often involving\u00a0the combat phase or life total changes. Those cards are explained in these notes.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re playing\u00a0a 2HG prerelease\u00a0you should\u00a0also check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/amonkhet-2hg-hidden-gems\/\" target=\"_blank\">2HG Hidden Gems<\/a> that highlights\u00a0which cards to look out for!<\/p>\n<p>For further reading, if you want to know more about 2HG see the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/faq\/\">2HG FAQ<\/a>.\u00a0If you want to know more about how these cards function in general see the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/magic.wizards.com\/en\/articles\/archive\/feature\/amonkhet-release-notes-2017-04-14\" target=\"_blank\">regular release notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>GENERAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;YOU&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The rule of thumb for 2HG is <strong><em>&#8220;You&#8221; <\/em>still refers to you alone, not both you and your teammate. <\/strong>Look for the word &#8220;you&#8221; in the card text, such as &#8220;creatures you control get +1\/+1&#8221;, &#8220;you may exert this creature as it attacks&#8221;, etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;EACH&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cards that say <em>&#8220;each opponent&#8221;<\/em> or <em>&#8220;each player&#8221;<\/em> do affect more\u00a0players than usual.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THEME: EACH OPPONENT LOSES AND YOU GAIN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-921\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/files\/2017\/04\/en_G6k0XamzzE-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"370\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-919\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/files\/2017\/04\/en_Bgl4Lgel3R-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"370\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-920\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/files\/2017\/04\/en_dcXyW81Veq.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"370\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-928\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/files\/2017\/04\/en_wUKAoL0eiM-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"370\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bontu&#8217;s Monument | Bontu the Glorified | Faith of the Devoted | Wayward Servant<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your opponents lose double the amount but you don&#8217;t gain double. For example with Wayward Servant\u00a0your opponents lose 2 in total but you gain 1 in total.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr id=\"card\" \/>\n<p><strong>CARD-SPECIFIC NOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-923\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/files\/2017\/04\/en_MP8K6zdsLw.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"370\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Approach of the Second Sun<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2HG you win or lose as a team, so if you win the game, your team wins the game. <em>(Technically if you would win the game, all your opponents lose the game instead.)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-922\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/files\/2017\/04\/en_iLihnohg44.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"370\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gideon of the Trials<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2HG you win or lose as a team, so if you can&#8217;t lose the game, your team can&#8217;t lose the game. <em>(One of the rare cases where &#8220;you&#8221; effectively does mean\u00a0&#8220;your team&#8221;.)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-965\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/files\/2017\/04\/en_y8KAGSdOga.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"370\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gideon&#8217;s Intervention<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For the preventing damage part, even though creatures attack the defending players as a team, in the Combat Damage Step the controller of an attacking creature chooses one\u00a0opponent to actually deal the combat damage to. So if you don&#8217;t block the creature you named your opponents can simply choose to always deal the damage to your teammate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-924\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/files\/2017\/04\/en_N5j6uXu3CF.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"370\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Glorious End<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2HG you win or lose as a team, so if you lose the game, your team loses the game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-982\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/files\/2017\/04\/en_Ze4XOiw4nh.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"370\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Open into Wonder<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The draw ability is granted to the creature, so if you make a teammate&#8217;s creature unblockable your teammate draws the card.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-925\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/files\/2017\/04\/en_p6v547a3Fd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"370\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Protection of the Hekma<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Even though creatures attack the defending players as a team, in the Combat Damage Step the controller of an attacking creature chooses one\u00a0opponent to actually deal the combat damage to. So your opponents can simply choose to always deal the damage to your teammate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-927\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/files\/2017\/04\/en_S112pRwdFA-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"370\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sandwurm Convergence<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Another\u00a0cases where &#8220;you&#8221; effectively does mean\u00a0&#8220;your team&#8221;. Since you attack\u00a0both opponents\u00a0as a team in the Declare Attackers Step, any creature that attacks your team would be attacking you so this card prevents flying creatures from attacking your team.<\/li>\n<li>Flying creatures can still attack your teammate&#8217;s planeswalkers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While most cards\u00a0work pretty straightforward in 2HG there are some quirks, often involving\u00a0the combat phase or life total changes. Those cards are explained in these notes. If you\u2019re playing\u00a0a 2HG prerelease\u00a0you should\u00a0also check out the 2HG Hidden Gems that highlights\u00a0which cards to look out for! For further reading, if you want to know more about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":98,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5,29,14,7,13,6],"language":[],"class_list":["post-916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-release-notes","tag-2hg","tag-amonkhet","tag-faq","tag-release-notes","tag-rules","tag-two-headed-giant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":992,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916\/revisions\/992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/2hg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}