"Battlebond Partner With Mechanic:Stronger Together"

"Battlebond Partner With Mechanic:Stronger Together"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

Battlebond is almost here and I am excited about the new Partner With mechanic that will introduce some interesting things into the EDH format. Well at least in the casual formats that I am involved with.

So "partner with" is an enters the battlefield ability of some select legendary creatures. In essence it allows you to get their partner from your library into your hand. They tutor for cards that make them stronger or add another element to the decks that they belong to.

For Example Sylvia Brightspear and Khorvath Brightflame give Dragons and Knights additional abilities. Traditionally Knights fight with Dragons but in a deck involving these two you actually see them make each other stronger! With Khorvath Brightflame Knight you control Have flying and Haste. They essentially become Dragon Riders! And what about the Dragons? They all gain double strike! Probably because all of them have knights on their backs that can deal additional damage. And this is just the Boros edition of Partner with. 

According to the spoilers you have creatures that have Orzhov , Izzet, Golgari and Simic Partner with Mechanic. As well the Kenrith's , the only planeswalkers of the set and have the distinction of having this mechanic as well.

Down the line there might be an enchantment or creature that will give others this ETB but we just have to see how this all plays out. So far all I see is upside.