Double Masters packs are technically worth more than normal, which is nice - but that worth should be for the players alone.ĭouble Masters 2022 once again promises more than other sets by adding an extra rare or mythic rare to each booster pack, along with two foil cards. That being said, it’s also worth discussing the new set as a separate entity to everything else. So far, this might feel more like a review of MTG’s business practices than Double Masters 2022 but, frankly, this latest set is the epitome of the capitalistic vein that runs through the centre of the game today. When you combine that problem with the sheer volume of sets and products released each year now, it’s hard not to be constantly reminded of the fact that Magic is a business - and a good business at that. Instead, even eternal sets are having their average deck prices increased by the constant power creep plaguing MTG and unique sets like Modern Horizons.

The spell cast by Emrakul, The Aeons Torn cannot be countered by the other player. If it did care, it’d be easy to make competitive MTG affordable by simply printing staples like fetch lands regularly into Standard, but that’s not what happens. There’s always been a feeling amongst the MTG community that the price of singles is something that Wizards simply doesn’t care about. It begs the question - what is the point of reprints if they barely make a dent in the price of the cards? It feels as though the company has learned very little from the backlash to the price point of the original Double Masters set, which sat at around £260 ($310) for a booster box versus the standard MTG price of around £100 ($119). In reality, this set is roughly 50% more expensive than your standard Magic: The Gathering release. It’s Wizards of the Coast’s way of impacting MTG’s secondary market and helping to level out some overpriced format staples to make them more accessible. Rather than bringing in a roster of new Magic: The Gathering cards into the world, or moving cards into different formats, Double Masters 2022 is all about reprinting cards and in order to make a new draft format.

Double Masters 2022 is upon us and boy, oh boy is it a set.

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