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Magic: The Gathering Rarity Shifts in Double Masters and New to Pauper Cards Revealed


Now that all the Magic: The Gathering cards have been revealed for Double Masters, fans get to see all the rarity shifts in the upcoming compilation set. Rarity shift means that a reprint has a different rarity from the last time it was printed in a booster release. There are many cards that have downshifted to common rarity so that means more cards are becoming legal in Pauper, a format where only common cards are allowed.

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Redditor TechnomagusPrime has shared a list of rarity shifts in Double Masters, and also notes the cards that are new to the Pauper format. The last section "First in Foil" is for cards that are available in foil for the the first time and nonfoil for the first time.

Reprints
EVERYTHING
Rarity Shifts
To Common
[[Alabaster Mage]] - From Uncommon (M12) - New to Pauper
[[Ancestral Blade]] - From Uncommon (M20) - New to Pauper
[[Crib Swap]] - From Uncommon (LOR) - New to Pauper
[[Crusader of Odric]] - From Uncommon (M13) - New to Pauper
[[Sanctum Spirit]] - From Uncommon (DOM) - New to Pauper
[[Argivian Restoration]] - From Uncommon (WTH) - New to Pauper - First in Foil
[[Frogify]] - From Uncommon (ELD) - New to Pauper
[[Vedalken Infuser]] - From Uncommon (MBS) - New to Pauper
[[Bone Picker]] - From Uncommon (AKH) - New to Pauper
[[Cast Down]] - From Uncommon (DOM) - New to Pauper
[[Executioner's Capsule]] - From Uncommon (MMA)
[[Heartless Pillage]] - From Uncommon (XLN) - New to Pauper
[[Abrade]] - From Uncommon (HOU) - New to Pauper
[[Balduvian Rage]] - From Uncommon (CSP) - New to Pauper
[[Battle-Rattle Shaman]] - From Uncommon (M21)
[[Lightning Axe]] - From Uncommon (SOM)
[[Orcish Vandal]] - From Uncommon (DOM) - New to Pauper
[[Rapacious Dragon]] - From Uncommon (M20) - New to Pauper
[[Ancient Stirrings]] - From Uncommon (A25)
[[Clear Shot]] - From Uncommon (EMN) - New to Pauper
[[Conclave Naturalists]] - From Uncommon (ORI) - New to Pauper
[[Fierce Empath]] - From Uncommon (M21)
[[Chromatic Star]] - From Uncommon (10E)
[[Everflowing Chalice]] - From Uncommon (MM2) - New to Pauper
[[Golem-Skin Gauntlets]] - From Uncommon (MRD) - New to Pauper
[[Iron League Steed]] - From Uncommon (KLD) - New to Pauper
[[Magnifying Glass]] - From Uncommon (SOI) - New to Pauper
[[Myr Retriever]] - From Uncommon (MMA) - New to Pauper
[[Skinwing]] - From Uncommon (MRB) - New to Pauper
[[Surge Node]] - From Uncommon (NPH) - New to Pauper
[[Tumble Magnet]] - From Uncommon (MM2)
[[Urza's Mine]] - From Uncommon (10E)
[[Urza's Power Plant]] - From Uncommon (10E)
[[Urza's Tower]] - From Uncommon (10E)
To Uncommon
[[Topple the Statue]] - From Common (WAR)
[[Rush of Knowledge]] - From Common (SCG)
[[Serra Sphinx]] - From Rare (PLC)
[[Disciple of the Vault]] - From Common (MRD)
[[Oubliette]] - From Common (ARN) - First in Foil
[[Brimstone Volley]] - From Common (CNS)
[[Galvanic Blast]] - From Common (SOM)
[[Trash for Treasure]] - From Rare (MRD)
[[Crop Rotation]] - From Common (ULG)
[[Gelatinous Genesis]] - From Rare (ROE)
[[Skullmuncher]] - From Rare (ALA)
[[Sphinx Summoner]] - From Rare (CON)
[[Yavimaya's Embrace]] - From Rare (APC)
[[Pentad Prism]] - From Common (5DN)
[[Welding Jar]] - From Common (MRD)
To Rare
[[Ravenous Trap]] - From Uncommon (ZEN)
[[Liege of the Tangle]] - From Mythic (SOM)
[[Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer]] - From Mythic (C18) - First in Nonfoil
[[Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain]] - From Mythic (DOM)
[[Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest]] - From Mythic (C15) - First in Foil
[[Progenitor Mimic]] - From Mythic (DGM)
[[Sharuum the Hegemon]] - From Mythic (ALA)
[[Voice of Resurgence]] - From Mythic (MM3)
[[Lux Cannon]] - From Mythic (SOM)
[[Sword of the Meek]] - From Uncommon (FUT)
To Mythic
[[Arcum Dagsson]] - From Rare (CSP)
[[Mana Echoes]] - From Rare (ONS)
[[Trinisphere]] - From Rare (DST)
First In Foil
[[Apprentice Wizard]]
[[Deepglow Skate]]
[[Magus of the Will]]
[[Bloodspore Thrinax]]
[[Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle]]
[[Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter]]
[[Basalt Monolith]]
[[Endless Atlas]]
[[Hammer of Nazhan]]
[[Masterwork of Ingenuity]]
First in Nonfoil
[[Atraxa, Praetor's Voice]]
[[Breya, Etherium Shaper]]

Double Masters will be released on August 7, 2020; it will also be available on Magic Online for $6.99 per pack. The price for the VIP Edition was previously revealed to be $90 a pack.

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