Magic: The Gathering – What Are Double Masters 2022's Draft Archetypes?
Magic: The Gathering’s Double Masters 2022 might feature loads of cards perfect for constructed formats like Modern, Commander, and Pauper, but it’s also its own, self-contained limited format. With double the rares in each pack and double the number of cards for your first pick when drafting, this high-power set offers a complexity level we haven’t seen in quite a while.
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Double Masters 2022 is a three-colour-matters set, just like Streets of New Capenna, Ikoria, or Tarkir. However, it is unique in that it is the first time we’ll be able to draft both shards (three allied colours, like Shards of Alara and New Capenna) and wedges (two allied, one enemy, like Tarkir and Ikoria) colour trios in the same set. With so many colours going in so many combinations, how the heck are you meant to draft this monster of a set? Quite easily, as it happens.
“Flickering” is slang for exiling a permanent and returning it to the battlefield. Often used synonymously with “blink”, flickering is a powerful way to retrigger enters-the-battlefield (ETB) effects multiple times to build up value.
The goal with this archetype is to use cards like Flickerwisp, Emiel The Blessed, and Restoration Angel to repeatedly flicker big-impact permanents. For example, you could flicker Mulldrifter to repeatedly draw cards and gain an advantage that way, or Vampire Sovereign to gain life and drain your opponent’s. Reveillark is an incredible card here, as you can keep flickering it to return creatures to the battlefield, such as Mulldrifter or Leonin Arbiter to lock your opponents out of tutoring.
Alternatively, flickering can be used to help control the board. If an opponent
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