Double Masters 2022

Double Masters 2022
Set Information
Set symbol
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	Various
Set size	332 + 247
Expansion code	2X2
Physical Masters series
Magic: The Gathering Chronology

Double Masters 2022 is a booster-based compilation set. It is designed to be drafted. The set will be 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.

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

Release cards: Weathered Wayfarer and Bring to Light.^[3]

Token cards

Double Masters contains tokens

1/1 Spirit creature, for Forbidden Orchard.
4/4 Angel creature with flying and vigilance, for Divine Visitation.
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 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.
1/1 Worm creature, for Creakwood Liege.
3/3 Cat Dragon creature with flying, for Wasitora, Nekoru Queen.
Treasure artifact, for Dockside Extortionist and Pirate's Pillage.

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.^[7] 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).^[8]

Cycles

Double Masters 2022 has cycles.

Cycle name
Bounce lands	Azorius Chancery	Dimir Aqueduct	Rakdos Carnarium	Gruul Turf	Selesnya Sanctuary	Orzhov Basilica	Izzet Boilerworks	Golgari Rot Farm	Boros Garrison	Simic Growth Chamber
Bounce lands	When each of these common nonbasic dual lands from the Ravnica block enters the battlefield tapped, its controller returns a land they control to its owner's hand. Each of these lands can tap to produce two mana, one of each of its associate guild's colors.
Lieges	Thistledown Liege	Glen Elendra Liege	Ashenmoor Liege	Boartusk Liege	Wilt-Leaf Liege	Deathbringer Liege	Mindwrack Liege	Creakwood Liege	Balefire Liege	Murkfiend Liege
Lieges	Ten hybrid lords that pump creatures that share a color with them.
Cycle name
Tricolor signposts	Roon of the Hidden Realm // Rafiq of the Many	Zur the Enchanter // Varina, Lich Queen	Thraximundar // Marchesa, the Black Rose	Shattergang Brothers // Wasitora, Nekoru Queen	Atla Palani, Nest Tender	Tariel, Reckoner of Souls // Mathas, Fiend Seeker		Teneb, the Harvester // Doran, the Siege Tower	Jodah, Archmage Eternal // Elsha of the Infinite	Muldrotha, the Gravetide // The Mimeoplasm // Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
Tricolor signposts	Ten rare tri-colored legendary creatures, each together making a signpost for a draft archetype.