Magic The Gathering Reveals Its 2022 Challenger Decks
Wizards of the Coast has revealed the full decklists for this year's group of Magic The Gathering Challenger decks, and they include some of the most popular archetypes of the current Standard format.
The Challenger decks are designed to make tabletop play of the Standard format easier for newcomers by printing the format's most frequently-played cards in decks that can be played straight out of the box. Considering these powerful cards often see life after Standard in formats like Pioneer and Standard, and the decks also come with plenty of useful staples, they're worth picking up for veterans as well.
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As outlined on the official Magic site, this year's four 60-card decks take the top-played archetypes from the Standard format as it is in the Zendikar Rising-Innistrad: Crimson Vow format. Though it will be launching almost six weeks after Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (on April 1, 2022), there will only be a few cards from the set in these decks found in the 15-card sideboards.
The four decks are:
It's a shame that the Mono-white Aggro deck isn't fully Standard-legal, thanks to the recent ban of Faceless Haven. The whole appeal of the Challenger decks is that they let you play the format they're designed for straight out of the box, so needing to bend the rules to allow one of them feels like it's missing the point slightly. It was unavoidable, though, due to the timeline these kinds of products work on – the cards were probably locked in and printed long before the Faceless Haven ban was announced.
Another interesting thing about these decks is that some of them include double-faced cards, such as the Graveyard
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