Challenger Decks 2022

Challenger Decks 2022 are a set of preconstructed decks designed for tabletop players that wish to start competitive tournament play right out of the box for the Standard format. Released on April 1, 2022, there are four decks in total, containing a 60-card main deck, 15-card sideboard, as well their associated tokens.

Please note, this is paper-only product and was recently featured in a Midweek Magic event for players to try. Each deck was built to represent Standard archetypes that you might find in the metagame at the time of their design, and thus may not be suitable for online play due to the time passed since then. You can find each of the complete four decklists below.

1. Dimir Control
2. Gruul Stompy
3. Mono White Aggro
4. Rakdos Vampires

Dimir Control

Dimir Control – 2022 Challenger Deck

by TheWanderingBard

Buy on TCGplayer $54.73

Buy on Card Kingdom $90.15

Standard

best of 3

2 mythic

23 rare

17 uncommon

18 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (6)

3

Graveyard Trespasser

$2.97

2

Iymrith, Desert Doom

$4.58

1

Hullbreaker Horror

$3.99

Instants (22)

1

March of Wretched Sorrow

$0.49

2

Jwari Disruption

$0.70

3

Power Word Kill

$1.05

2

Parasitic Grasp

$0.70

1

Infernal Grasp

$2.29

3

Saw It Coming

$1.05

2

Thirst for Discovery

$0.70

2

Hero’s Downfall

$0.78

2

Baleful Mastery

$1.18

4

Memory Deluge

$5.16

Sorceries (6)

3

Crippling Fear

$1.77

3

Blood on the Snow

$1.47

Lands (26)

5

Snow-Covered Island

$9.95

7

Snow-Covered Swamp

$6.93

2

Field of Ruin

$0.98

2

Hall of Storm Giants

$6.98

2

Evolving Wilds

$0.70

4

Shipwreck Marsh

$27.96

4

Ice Tunnel

$1.96

60 Cards
$84.34

Sideboard

2

Mischievous Catgeist

$0.70

2

Bloodvial Purveyor

$0.98

2

Ray of Enfeeblement

$0.70

2

Siphon Insight

$0.98

2

Negate

$0.70

1

Saw It Coming

$0.35

2

Duress

$0.70

2

Bloodchief’s Thirst

$0.70

15 Cards
$5.81

Gruul Stompy

Gruul Stompy – 2022 Challenger Deck

by TheWanderingBard

Buy on TCGplayer $46.66

Buy on Card Kingdom $68.55

Standard

best of 3

1 mythic

26 rare

3 uncommon

30 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (22)

4

Jaspera Sentinel

$1.40

4

Magda, Brazen Outlaw

$3.96

4

Briarbridge Tracker

$1.96

2

Twinshot Sniper

$0.70

3

Ulvenwald Oddity

$2.07

2

Halana and Alena, Partners

$4.58

1

Goldspan Dragon

$20.99

2

Tovolar’s Huntmaster

$0.98

Instants (8)

4

Snakeskin Veil

$1.40

4

Abrade

$1.40

Sorceries (2)

1

Light Up the Night

$0.49

1

Thundering Rebuke

$0.35

Enchantments (4)

4

Ranger Class

$1.96

Lands (24)

10

Forest

$3.50

8

Mountain

$2.80

4

Rockfall Vale

$9.96

2

Lair of the Hydra

$3.98

60 Cards
$62.48

Sideboard

2

Kappa Tech-Wrecker

$0.70

2

Tovolar, Dire Overlord

$1.38

2

Twinshot Sniper

$0.70

1

Froghemoth

$0.49

3

Burning Hands

$1.05

3

Thundering Rebuke

$1.05

2

Lantern of the Lost

$0.70

15 Cards
$6.07

Mono White Aggro

Mono White Aggro – 2022 Challenger Deck

by TheWanderingBard

Buy on TCGplayer $19.61

Buy on Card Kingdom $44.57

Standard

best of 3

1 mythic

21 rare

14 uncommon

24 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (30)

4

Monk of the Open Hand

$1.40

4

Codespell Cleric

$1.40

4

Usher of the Fallen

$1.40

4

Luminarch Aspirant

$1.96

1

Intrepid Adversary

$1.79

4

Clarion Spirit

$1.40

2

Thalia, Guardian of Thraben

$1.58

3

Elite Spellbinder

$1.47

2

Skyclave Apparition

$4.98

2

Reidane, God of the Worthy

$1.38

Instants (4)

2

Kabira Takedown

$0.70

2

Fateful Absence

$1.58

Enchantments (3)

3

Paladin Class

$2.07

Lands (23)

20

Snow-Covered Plains

$7.80

3

Faceless Haven

$1.77

60 Cards
$32.68

Sideboard

2

Loyal Warhound

$3.58

2

Selfless Samurai

$0.70

3

Cathar Commando

$2.97

2

Sungold Sentinel

$0.98

2

Portable Hole

$1.98

2

Maul of the Skyclaves

$0.98

2

Imperial Recovery Unit

$0.70

15 Cards
$11.89

The Mono White Aggro Standard Challenger Deck will contain three copies of the now-Standard-banned Faceless Haven. In terms of what this means for tabletop and digital formats, please see below.

1. For tabletop formats: This deck will still be legal for tournament play in tabletop Magic: The Gathering formats, but only as is. Specifically, the 60-card deck and 15-card sideboard will be legal as long as no changes are made to it.
2. For digital formats: Both Magic: The Gathering Arena and Magic Online will be handling these bans in the same way they normally handle Standard bans. Since the challenger decks are not offered as a product on either platform, there will not be an exception to Standard legality to allow that precise list of cards in Standard play.

Rakdos Vampires

Rakdos Vampires – 2022 Challenger Deck

by TheWanderingBard

Buy on TCGplayer $37.02

Buy on Card Kingdom $62.13

Standard

best of 3

1 mythic

21 rare

12 uncommon

26 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (25)

4

Voldaren Epicure

$1.56

2

Sokenzan Smelter

$0.70

4

Bloodtithe Harvester

$1.40

2

Vampire Socialite

$0.70

4

Voldaren Bloodcaster

$1.96

2

Dominating Vampire

$0.98

2

Florian, Voldaren Scion

$1.18

4

Immersturm Predator

$1.96

1

Henrika Domnathi

$1.99

Instants (7)

1

Village Rites

$0.49

4

Voltage Surge

$1.40

2

Infernal Grasp

$4.58

Artifacts (4)

2

Oni-Cult Anvil

$0.70

2

Mukotai Soulripper

$0.98

Lands (24)

6

Mountain

$2.10

7

Swamp

$2.45

2

Blightstep Pathway

$13.98

3

Voldaren Estate

$1.47

2

Den of the Bugbear

$11.98

4

Bloodfell Caves

$1.40

60 Cards
$53.96

Sideboard

3

Falkenrath Forebear

$1.47

2

Callous Bloodmage

$0.98

2

Anje, Maid of Dishonor

$0.98

1

Infernal Grasp

$2.29

4

Abrade

$1.40

3

Duress

$1.05

15 Cards
$8.17