In Two-Headed Giant games, how is the life total treated?

In Two-Headed Giant games, players team up in pairs against other teams, and their life totals function as a combined total for each team. This means that the two players on each team share a single life total, working collaboratively to protect it and eliminate the opposing team's life total.

When damage is dealt to either member of a team, it reduces the team's life total as a whole. If one player's life total reaches zero, the team loses the game only if both players are at zero since they must both be eliminated for a team to lose. This collaborative aspect encourages teamwork and strategy, as players must consider their partner's cards and actions in addition to their own.

Other choices do not accurately represent the mechanics of life totals in this format: individual life totals do not apply as each team's total is aggregated, direct comparisons of life totals between teams do not determine the outcome as a single total matters, and life totals are indeed crucial in the context of this format, contrary to the idea that they do not matter.