Magic: The Gathering's Double Masters 2022 Previews – Day Seven Highlights
We’re in the home stretch of Magic: The Gathering’s latest preview season, and Double Masters 2022 has suddenly decided to drop a billion different combo pieces on us all at once. We knew this set was going to be high-powered, but if you’re a fan of running away with a series of triggers quadrillions long, there is a lot in today’s previews to appeal to you.
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On day seven of the Double Masters 2022 preview season, we’ve had one of the game’s best Auras, one of its best Mardu (red/white/black) commanders, one of its best artifacts, and even a cEDH staple that hasn’t been printed in a booster pack since 1999. That is a lot of bests for just one day of spoilers.
One green enchantment – Aura:
Enchant creature.
Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and has trample.
When Rancor is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Rancor to its owner’s hand.
Rancor has long been considered one of the best Auras in the game. For many people, it doesn’t look like it’s up to much – +2/+0 and trample isn’t exactly the wordiest, most complex effect to impress a player.
However, for one mana, having a way to force damage through your opponent’s blockers is wild. Particularly in formats like Pauper and Modern, where the lower starting life total makes an additional two damage hurt even more, it can be a game-winner.
Even better is that Rancor is incredibly hard to get rid of. If the creature it’s enchanting dies, Rancor comes back to your hand to let you play it again. This does open up some combo potential in Commander, most notably with One with the Kami and Phyrexian Altar.
All you need to do is enchant a creature with Rancor and sacrifice it to the Altar to
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