Along the Crooked Way

Along the Crooked Way

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{2}{B} · Enchantment
Rare · The Hobbit · Art by Bruce Brenneise
When this enchantment enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Whenever a creature card leaves your graveyard, amass Goblins 1. {1}{B}: Goblins and Orcs you control gain menace until end of turn.
Predicted power
Standard 37 Eng.DUsr.

Three mana returns a creature and makes a 1/1 Army, but no supplied Standard shell reliably converts later graveyard exits into enough value.

Best home Black creature-recursion midrangeBand fringeConfidence 57%

Could be wrong if Further HOB self-mill, sacrifice, or recursion support could make the recurring amass trigger a real engine.

Pioneer 34 Eng.D-Usr.

It can recover a discarded Greasefang and leave an Army, but spending three mana to return a card to hand is slow for the deck's plan.

Best home Greasefang ParhelionBand fringeConfidence 68%

Could be wrong if A resilient black graveyard shell may value this more highly as post-interaction recovery and token pressure.

Modern 23 Eng.FUsr.

Instant Reanimator wants creatures in play immediately; returning one to hand for three mana is too slow, and the Army trigger is minor.

Band speculativeConfidence 74%

Could be wrong if A new low-cost repeatable graveyard-exit engine could turn the enchantment into a more meaningful payoff.

Legacy 20 Eng.FUsr.

Legacy reanimation and graveyard decks demand cheaper, immediate effects; a three-mana return-to-hand enchantment is poor recovery tempo.

Band speculativeConfidence 77%

Could be wrong if An unusually resilient black creature-combo shell could use its repeatable trigger better than current format priors suggest.

Pauper Eng.NLUsr.
Commander 47 Eng.C-Usr.

A creature buyback plus an initial Army is serviceable, and recurring creatures grow it further, but one tall token is a modest multiplayer payoff.

Best home Black self-mill recursionBand role-playerConfidence 61%

Could be wrong if Repeated self-recursion or Goblin/Orc synergies may make the trigger substantially better in specific optimized shells.

Limited 61 Eng.B-Usr.

Returning a creature while producing a 1/1 Army is reliable two-card value for three mana; later graveyard exits are useful but not required.

Best home Black-based graveyard deckBand solidConfidence 43%

Could be wrong if Unknown format speed and removal may make a slow, low-immediate-impact value enchantment either much better or worse.

Creature recursion payoff

“A slow creature-recursion enchantment whose small Army payoff needs repeated graveyard movement to become worthwhile.”

AI prediction made before release — not a measured result. Real performance data replaces this once the set is legal and tournament results come in.

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