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Double Masters
 
Box Toppers
 
Double Masters
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Set Information
Set symbol
Symbol description Symmetrical coat of arms with the colorless mana symbol in the center
Design Bryan Hawley (lead)
Reggie Valk
Adam Prosak
Jadine Klomparens
Max McCall
Michael Hinderaker
Development Same as design
Release date August 7, 2020
Plane Multiversal
Themes and mechanics Doubling, artifacts
Set size 332 cards
(91 commons, 80 uncommons, 121 rares, 40 mythic rares)
+40 box toppers
+10 full-art basic lands
+2 promos
Expansion code 2XM[1]
Physical Masters series
Ultimate Masters Double Masters Time Spiral Remastered
Magic: The Gathering Chronology
Jumpstart Double Masters Amonkhet Remastered

Double Masters is a booster-based compilation set that was released on August 7, 2020 in paper, and released on August 6 for Magic Online. It is designed to be drafted.[2][3]

Set details

“  Two Rares. Two Foils. Too Powerful  ”

Double Masters contains 332 cards (91 commons, 80 uncommons, 121 rares, 40 mythic rares)[4] and includes randomly inserted premium versions of all cards. Box toppers are numbered #333-372, VIP Edition full-art basic lands are #373-382, and the prerelease promos Wrath of God and Chord of Calling are #383 and #384. Every booster box of Double Masters contains 24 booster packs, each with fifteen randomly inserted game cards. The set is unusual in the fact that it features two Rare or Mythic cards in each pack. It also features two premium foil cards in each pack in place of one.[2][3]

Marketing

Double Masters was sold in Draft Boosters only. It was available in English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese. The set had no MSRP, but the Magic store of Amazon.com set the price at $16.30 per booster pack. The boosters feature artwork from Breya, Etherium Shaper, Dark Confidant, and Wurmcoil Engine.

Box Toppers

Main article: Double Masters/Box Toppers

Each booster box includes two random showcase borderless non-foil box toppers, each being available as regular card in the set, too. There is a total of 40 box toppers. The box toppers are numbered #333 to #372.

VIP Edition

Double Masters VIP Edition

For this set, a so-called VIP Edition replaces the Collector Boosters. Each package of 35 cards contains:[5][6]

  • 2 foil showcase borderless cards (only found in VIP edition)
    • These borderless cards will be two from a selection of 40, 32 of which are rare/mythic rare and 8 of which are uncommon/common.
    • Cards with a rare expansion symbol appear twice as frequently as those with a mythic rare expansion symbol.
    • Wizards clarified that this slot may contain 2 foil borderless showcase cards with rare expansion symbols or 1 showcase rare and 1 showcase mythic, but never 2 mythic rare showcase cards.
  • 2 foil rares, or 1 foil rare and 1 foil mythic.
  • 8 foil uncommons
  • 9 foil commons
  • 10 full-art basic lands (only found in VIP edition; numbered #373 to #382)
  • 2 foil full-art basic lands (only found in VIP edition, 2 randomly selected from among the 10 options)
  • 2 foil double-sided tokens (only found in VIP edition)

VIP Edition is available in English and Japanese only.[6] The full-art lands are reprints of the Battle for Zendikar by Noah Bradley, and the Unhinged set by John Avon. These lands were chosen long before Wizards of the Coast learned that Bradley had engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct with members of the Magic and artist community. Therefore, they were not able to replace the lands in time.[6]

The VIP Edition is sold on Amazon for $102.60.[7]

Events

  • Launch party: August 7–9.
    • A special Draft rule was in place: players must take two cards for their first pick each pack.

Promos

Token cards

Double Masters contains thirty-one tokens.[9]

  1. {C} 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature, for Awakening Zone and Kozilek's Predator.
  2. {C} 1/1 Shapeshifter creature with changeling, for Crib Swap.
  3. {W} 4/4 Angel creature with flying, for Geist of Saint Traft.
  4. {W} 2/2 Cat creature, for Kemba, Kha Regent.
  5. {W} 1/1 Human Soldier creature, for Strength of Arms and Ulvenwald Mysteries.
  6. {W} 1/1 Soldier creature, for Ancestral Blade.
  7. {U} 2/1 Myr artifact creature, for Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer.
  8. {U} 1/1 Thopter artifact creature with flying, for Breya, Etherium Shaper and Thopter Foundry.
  9. {B} 5/5 Demon creature with flying, for Skirsdag High Priest.
  10. {B} 0/0 Germ creature, for Batterskull, Flayer Husk, Sickle Slicer and Skinwing.
  11. {B} Marit Lage, a legendary 20/20 Avatar creature with flying and indestructible, for Dark Depths.
  12. {G} 3/3 Ape creature, for Pongify.
  13. {G} 3/3 Beast creature, for Thragtusk.
  14. {G} 3/3 Elephant creature, for Terastodon.
  15. {G} */* Ooze creature, for Gelatinous Genesis.
  16. {G} 0/1 Plant creature, for Avenger of Zendikar.
  17. {G} 1/1 Saproling creature, for Selesnya Guildmage.
  18. {G} 1/1 Squirrel creature, for Chatter of the Squirrel.
  19. {G} 2/2 Wolf creature for Sword of Body and Mind.
  20. {G/W} */* Elemental creature with "This creature's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures you control," for Voice of Resurgence.
  21. {G/W} 1/1 Elf Warrior creature, for Rhys the Redeemed.
  22. {C} Clue artifact, for Magnifying Glass, Thraben Inspector and Ulvenwald Mysteries.
  23. {C} 3/3 Golem artifact creature, for Blade Splicer and Master Splicer.
  24. {C} 1/1 Myr artifact creature, for Myr Battlesphere and Myrsmith.
  25. {C} 1/1 Servo artifact creature, for Accomplished Automaton, Glint-Sleeve Artisan, Hidden Stockpile and Iron League Steed.
  26. {C} 1/1 Thopter artifact creature with flying, for Thopter Engineer.
  27. {C} Treasure artifact, for Dire Fleet Hoarder, Gleaming Barrier, Heartless Pillage and Rapacious Dragon.
  28. {C} Tuktuk the Returned, a legendary 5/5 Goblin Golem artifact creature, for Tuktuk the Explorer.
  29. {C} 3/3 Wurm artifact creature with deathtouch, for Wurmcoil Engine.
  30. {C} 3/3 Wurm artifact creature with lifelink, for Wurmcoil Engine.
  31. Copy, for Cogwork Assembler, Heat Shimmer, Progenitor Mimic and Riku of Two Reflections.

Themes and mechanics

R&D has doubled everything about Double Masters. Double the rare slots, double the box toppers, double the first-picks in Draft. Several cards also have doubling mechanics, including the copying of spells and permanents.[10]

Based on the the design of an unreleased Artifact Masters, the set also heavily focuses on artifacts.[4][11]

Double Masters features the following limited archetypes:[12]

Cycles

Double Masters booster pack with mass market sleeve

Double Masters has six cycles.

Cycle name {W} {U} {B} {R} {G}
Reflections Boon Reflection Thought Reflection Wound Reflection Rage Reflection Mana Reflection
A rare cycle of enchantments doubling some aspects of the game. First printed in Shadowmoor, all with new art.
Cycle name {W}{B} {U}{R} {B}{G} {R}{W} {G}{U}
Mirran Swords Sword of Light and Shadow Sword of Fire and Ice Sword of Feast and Famine Sword of War and Peace Sword of Body and Mind
A mythic rare mega-mega cycle of Equipment, originally printed in the Mirrodin and Scars of Mirrodin blocks.

Dual cycles

Cycle name {W}{U} {U}{B} {B}{R} {R}{G} {G}{W} {W}{B} {U}{R} {B}{G} {R}{W} {G}{U}
Filter lands Mystic Gate Sunken Ruins Graven Cairns Fire-Lit Thicket Wooded Bastion Fetid Heath Cascade Bluffs Twilight Mire Rugged Prairie Flooded Grove
Ten two-colored rare filter lands, originally printed in Shadowmoor and Eventide.
Rare draft signposts Hanna, Ship's Navigator Baleful Strix Falkenrath Aristocrat Savageborn Hydra Rhys the Redeemed Merciless Eviction Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer Maelstrom Pulse Sunforger Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
Meddling Mage Time Sieve Fulminator Mage Vexing Shusher Voice of Resurgence Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest Swiftblade Vindicator Progenitor Mimic
Two cycles of ten two-colored rare spells, that loosely represent the draft archetypes.[4]
Uncommon draft signposts Glassdust Hulk Sphinx Summoner Unlicensed Disintegration Ghor-Clan Rampager Selesnya Guildmage Hidden Stockpile Izzet Charm Deathreap Ritual Weapons Trainer Yavimaya's Embrace
Ten two-colored uncommon spells, that loosely represent the draft archetypes.

Changes in rarity

Mythic rare to rare

Rare to mythic rare

Rare to uncommon

Uncommon to rare

Uncommon to common

The following are all new to Pauper:

Common to uncommon

Box toppers

Similar to the extended-art Cultivate in Core Set 2021, eight of the box toppers are printed with rare set symbols, while their regular counterparts are common or uncommon.[13]

Notable cards

Cards with new art

Urzatron panorama

The alternate-art Urzatron lands and Karn form a panorama which contains references to early magic cards Strip Mine, Defense Grid, Extruder, Urza's Factory, and Mana Matrix.[15]

First time foil

First time non-foil

Some Commander cards are released for the first time without a foil treatment.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Information below the text box
  2. ↑ a b Wizards of the Coast (May 21, 2020). "Announcing Double Masters". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. ↑ a b Wizards of the Coast (May 21, 2020). "Also Announcing Double Masters". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. ↑ a b c Mark Rosewater (July 20, 2020). "Double Deal". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  5. ↑ WPN (May, 2020). "Double masters Product Information". Wizards Play Network.
  6. ↑ a b c d Mike Turian (July 17, 2020). "Introducing Double Masters VIP Edition". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  7. ↑ Amazon
  8. ↑ Steve Sunu (July 22, 2020). "Three Small Words, One Great Effect". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  9. ↑ Kendall Pepple (July 29, 2020). "The Tokens of Double Masters". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  10. ↑ Eli Shiffrin (July 31, 2020). "Double Masters Release Notes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  11. ↑ Blake Rasmussen (July 24, 2020). "Savaging Your 2XM Draft". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  12. ↑ Double Masters Draft Archetypes: Explained! (Video). Gavin Verhey: Good Morning Magic. YouTube (August 3, 2020).
  13. ↑ Magic: The Gathering (July 20, 2020). "In publishing the contents of the VIP edition, we erred when describing the contents of the 2 foil borderless cards found only in the VIP edition.". Twitter.
  14. ↑ Mike Turian (July 20, 2020). "Jace, the Best of All". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  15. ↑ Tukaram (July 21, 2020). "Mark Tedin's panorama contains more "cards references" than the obvious". Twitter.
  16. ↑ Double Masters (Video). Good Morning Magic. YouTube (April 9, 2020).
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