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Pauper Set Review: Double Masters 2022
06/25/22 0 comments
Double Masters 2022 will definitely bring changes to Pauper — and changes always bring the most varied feelings to the public, but we must be ready to accept things as they present themselves.
They downshifted Monastery Swiftspear!
Yes, that's the big surpriseDouble Masters 2022
brought to Pauper, and you can expect at least five paragraphs on how this card will affect the Metagame starting next week — but it's not just from Monastery Swiftspear that the new set lives, and it brought some good downshifts, other cards that will definitely impact and carry the possibility of becoming staples, and other attractive deckbuilding alternatives! So, welcome to my Double Masters 2022 Pauper set review!Ad
White

White Weenie
. This will be one of the most impactful pieces for the format, and will be present in the most varied Midrange decks for digging extremely deep searching for the right creature.
Blue


Black


your graveyard
, and that makes it a relatively useful option for Zombies, or as a one-of on Tortured Existence. Shouldn't see much play in the competitive scene, but it's a fun addition.
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Red



absolutely everything you play will be rewarded with it
, and it's important to note that Prowess triggers withany non-creature spell
, includingartifacts
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so many possibilities
that it's impossible not to consider it an instant staple for several decks: Burn, Kiln Fiend, Boros Synthesizer, Tribe Combo, Izzet Tempo, Gruul, Heroic, among many others — I can even imagine Affinity testing a few copies of it, although I'm not certain if that's a good idea. Now, out of these options, which should be the most successful and take full advantage of the format's new best one-drop? Besides obviously Burn, I think the Izzet archetypes with Delver of Secrets and Izzet Charm can have a good return with this addition, but my main bet goes to the same strategies that resort to Seeker of the Way, allowing for explosive openings with both creatures while accumulating card advantage with other low-cost spells. However, the question remains whether this will be enough to knock Affinity out of its distant place as the format's best deck, and a one-drop that grows exponentially and punishes lists that spend the first few turns on setup might just be what Pauper needs to handle it. And as expected, its downshift has already created a dozen topics about bans onBurn
— about that,keep calm before hitting the panic button
, and unlike the current Affinity due to Bridges, there are numerous answers that make a bad match against Burn much more tolerable, such as Weather the Storm, Lone Missionary, Circle of Protection: Red, Hydroblast, among others that can easily mitigate the potential turn 3 kills it offers. In the end, Monastery Swiftspear will serve as a thermometer: if its addition doesn't break the format and even collaborates to balance the Metagame to a healthier state, it means we can consider other powerful creatures to get a downshift in the future, but if it eventually polarizes tournaments and proves to be too efficient, we'll get a sense of how far the "better creatures" line can go. I intend to do an article next week focused on decklists and ideas on how we can get the most out of the new staple, so stay tuned!Green


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Land

Tri-Lands
fromShards of Alara
andKhans of Tarkir
would be too strong now that we have access to the Thriving Lands and Gates to allow building four or five-color decks without the same difficulty we used to have a few years ago.Conclusion
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“may bring joy, may bring fear, but let us embrace whatever it brings”
. Thanks for reading!
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