Double Masters 2022
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| Symbol description | Symmetrical coat of arms with an eightfold symbol in the center | ||||
| Design |
Bryan Hawley (lead) Erik Lauer Yoni Skolnik | ||||
| Development |
Bryan Hawley (lead) Michelle Roberson Rob Schuster Reggie Valk | ||||
| Release date | July 8, 2022 | ||||
| Plane | Multiversal | ||||
| Set size | 332 + 247 | ||||
| Expansion code | 2X2[1] | ||||
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Double Masters 2022 is a booster-based compilation set. It is designed to be drafted. The set was released on July 8, 2022.[2][3][4]
Set details
| “ | Too Strong. Too Shiny | ” |
Double Masters 2022 features the same elements as of the original Double Masters that was released in 2020. Each Draft Booster features two rare and/or mythic rare cards plus two foil cards. Many reprints feature new artwork. Double Masters 2022 contains 332 cards (91 commons, 80 uncommons, 120 rares, 40 mythic rares, 1 special)[3] and includes randomly inserted premium versions of all but one cards. One new card with a L-Rarity shows up in every booster (Cryptic Spires (#332), this never appears in foil. Borderless cards are #333-#412. Every rare and mythic rare in the set has a foil-etched version (#413-#572). Select cards with a "textured foil" treatment[5] can be found in Collector Boosters (#573-577).[6] There are also two release cards, which are numbered #578 and #579.
Marketing
Double Masters 2022 is sold in 17-card Draft Boosters (one card being a marketing card), Draft Packs and Collector Boosters. Each Draft Booster contains a combination of 2–4 cards of rarity Rare or higher, 3–5 Uncommon, 8–10 Common, and 1 Cryptic Spires. Two cards of any rarity are Traditional Foil. Each Collector Booster contains 15 cards and 1 Traditional Foil double-sided token, with a combination of 4 cards of rarity Rare or higher, 2–6 Uncommon, and 5–9 Common cards. Every pack contains 10–11 Traditional Foil cards and 1 Rare or Mythic Rare foil-etched card. Double Masters 2022 is also featured on Magic Online.[7]
Events
- Launch party: July 8, 2022
- A special Draft rule is in place: players must take two cards for their first pick each pack.
Promos
Token and emblems
Double Masters contains 22 tokens and 2 emblems.[8]
1/1 Eldrazi Scion creature, for Carrier Thrall.- 1/1 Spirit creature, for Forbidden Orchard.
4/4 Angel creature with flying and vigilance, for Divine Visitation.- 3/2 Embalmed Aven Initiate.
- 2/2 Knight creature with vigilance, for Knightly Valor.
- 1/1 Monk creature with prowess, for Monastery Mentor.
- 1/1 Soldier creature, for Heroic Reinforcements.
- 1/1 Spirit creature with flying, for Abzan Ascendancy and Doomed Traveler.
- 1/1 Vampire creature with lifelink, for Call to the Feast and Elenda, the Dusk Rose.
2/2 Drake creature with flying, for Talrand, Sky Summoner.
1/1 Faerie Rogue creature with flying, for Bitterblossom.- 2/2 Zombie creature, for Liliana, the Last Hope, Sidisi, Brood Tyrant and Varina, Lich Queen.
1/1 Elemental creature, for Young Pyromancer and Seasoned Pyromancer.
4/4 Bear creature, for Bear’s Companion.- 3/3 Boar creature, for Brindle Shoat.
- 0/1 Egg creature with defender, for Atla Palani, Nest Tender.
- 1/1 Saproling creature, for Ghave, Guru of Spores, Sprouting Thrinax and Ulasht, the Hate Seed.
- 1/2 Spider creature with reach, for Spider Spawning.
3/3 Cat Dragon creature with flying, for Wasitora, Nekoru Queen.
1/1 Worm creature, for Creakwood Liege.- 3/3 Phyrexian Golem creature, for Sensor Splicer.
- Treasure artifact, for Dockside Extortionist, Smothering Tithe and Pirate's Pillage.
- Emblem for Liliana, the Last Hope.
- Emblem for Wrenn and Six.
Themes and mechanics
Double Masters 2022 features the following multicolored limited archetypes:
- : Flicker value.
- : Graveyard midrange.
- : Classic Jund.
- : Heroic aggro.
- : Big Ramp.
- : Sacrifice.
- : Midrange Ramp.
- : +1/+1 Counters.
- : Prowess.
- : Graveyard growth.
Cryptic Spires
Cryptic Spires is the first new-to-Magic card to appear in a Masters set.[9] It is designed to help smooth out the mana in the Draft format. Each Double Masters 2022 Draft Booster contains exactly one Cryptic Spires. The card is similar to a checklist card; it doesn't appear in foil, nor does it appear in Collector Boosters. Cryptic Spires is legal in any Commander deck. As you create your deck, you circle two of the mana symbols depicted on the bottom of the card. That card can tap for one mana of either of the circled colors.
In limited, your deck can have more than 4 copies of Cryptic Spires, assuming you drafted them. In constructed, you are limited to the cap of the format (In Standard a maximum of 4).[10]
Cycles
Double Masters 2022 has 3 cycles.
Changes in rarity
Rare to Mythic Rare
Mythic Rare to Rare
- Arjun, the Shifting Flame
- Ashen Rider
- Atla Palani, Nest Tender
- Child of Alara
- Disciple of the Ring
- Drogskol Reaver
- Elsha of the Infinite
- Empyrial Archangel
- Grim Flayer
- Hydroid Krasis
- Impervious Greatwurm
- Legion's Initiative
- Marchesa, the Black Rose
- Master Biomancer
- Mathas, Fiend Seeker
- Mikaeus, the Lunarch
- The Mimeoplasm
- Planar Bridge
- Rafiq of the Many
- Roon of the Hidden Realm
- Shattergang Brothers
- Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
- Tariel, Reckoner of Souls
- Thraximundar
- Thousand-Year Storm
- Varina, Lich Queen
Rare to Uncommon
Rare to Common
Uncommon to Common
- Advanced Stitchwing
- Bloodwater Entity
- Brindle Shoat
- Call to the Feast
- Carrier Thrall
- Cartel Aristocrat
- Chronicler of Heroes
- Dreg Mangler
- Experiment One
- Fireblade Artist
- Glowspore Shaman
- Gnarlback Rhino
- Izzet Charm
- Jeskai Elder
- Lava Coil
- Liliana's Elite
- Living Lightning
- Lyev Skyknight
- Might of Old Krosa
- Militia Bugler
- Monastery Swiftspear
- Pirate's Pillage
- Purphoros's Emissary
- Relief Captain
- Tenth District Legionnaire
- Tuskguard Captain
- Vampire Sovereign
- Webweaver Changeling
All cards in the set that were shifted to common are new to Pauper.
Notable cards
- Monastery Swiftspear's downshift into Pauper was undone later by being banned in December 2023.
New cards
- Cryptic Spires, a card that allows you to change the rules connected to a it by marking it with a pen.[11] It is strictly better than all dual taplands (e.g. Elfhame Palace).
Cards with new art
Some regular cards and many borderless versions have new art.
- Aether Vial
- Allosaurus Shepherd
- Anger of the Gods
- Anger of the Gods
- Animar, Soul of Elements
- Assassin's Trophy
- Azorius Chancery
- Boros Garrison
- Blood Artist
- Blood Artist
- Bloodbraid Elf
- Bloodforged Battle-Axe
- Bloom Tender
- Burning-Tree Emissary
- Cavern of Souls
- City of Brass
- City of Brass
- Chaos Warp
- Coiling Oracle
- Concordant Crossroads
- Concordant Crossroads
- Consecrated Sphinx
- Crucible of Worlds
- Damnation
- Dragonlord Dromoka
- Dimir Aqueduct
- Dockside Extortionist
- Dockside Extortionist
- Elenda, the Dusk Rose
- Emiel, the Blessed
- Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
- Eternal Witness
- Firemind Vessel
- Flickerwisp
- Food Chain
- Forbidden Orchard
- Force of Negation
- Gifts Ungiven
- Glimpse the Unthinkable
- Golgari Rot Farm
- Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
- Grim Flayer
- Gruul Turf
- Hardened Scales
- Imperial Seal
- Imperial Seal
- Inquisition of Kozilek
- Izzet Boilerworks
- Kolaghan's Command
- Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
- Liliana, the Last Hope
- Lightning Bolt
- Mana Drain
- Mana Vault
- Marchesa, the Black Rose
- Mentor of the Meek
- The Mimeoplasm
- Monastery Swiftspear
- Muldrotha, the Gravetide
- Mulldrifter
- Oracle of Mul Daya
- Orzhov Basilica
- Panharmonicon
- Pithing Needle
- Phyrexian Altar
- Privileged Position
- Qasali Pridemage
- Rakdos Carnarium
- Rampant Growth
- Seasoned Pyromancer
- Sedris, the Traitor King
- Seeker of the Way
- Selesnya Sanctuary
- Sensei's Divining Top
- Simic Growth Chamber
- Smothering Tithe
- Spell Pierce
- Summer Bloom
- Supreme Verdict
- Surgical Extraction
- Teferi's Protection
- Terminate
- Thought Scour
- Thousand-Year Storm
- Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
- Unearth
- Vampiric Rites
- Vedalken Orrery
- Wall of Omens
- Warrior's Oath
- Wrenn and Six
- Young Pyromancer
First time reprinted
First time in modern border
References
- ↑ Information below the text box
- ↑ Adam Styborski (August 24, 2021). "What Happened In Magic Showcase 2021?". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b c Wizards of the Coast (May 12, 2022). "Your Sneak Peek at Double Masters 2022, Dominaria United, and Beyond". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (June 16, 2022). "Seeing Double Masters 2022". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic: The Gathering (May 12, 2022). "A select group of cards in Double Masters 2022 will be available in the new gorgeous (but subtle) textured foil treatment.". Twitter.
- ↑ WPN (May 12, 2022). "Love Your Local Game Store Promo Returns, Plus Upcoming Product & Event Previews". Wizards Play Network.
- ↑ Tony Mayer (June 29, 2022). "Double Masters 2022 Magic Online Edition". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Kendall Pepple (June 24, 2022). "The Tokens of Double Masters 2022". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Max McCall (June 16, 2022). "Collecting Double Masters 2022 and Product Overview". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (June 18, 2022). "Can your deck have more than 4 copies of Cryptic Spires?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Jess Dunks (June 24, 2022). "Double Masters 2022 Release Notes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
External links
- Mark Rosewater (June 20, 2022). "A Double Take, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- Mark Rosewater (June 27, 2022). "A Double Take, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.