The excellently-named Doppelgang is a new UG (blue and green) card inMagic: The Gatheringthat allows players to pay an amount of mana of their choice to create an increasing number of copies of an increasing number of creatures.
If players have the mana to spare, Doppelgang can turn just a few beaters into an impossibly imposing force that can close out games in an instant.
Why Doppelgang is so good in MTG
Doppelgang is the latest in a powerful subset ofMTG options; X-cost spells. When ‘X’ is present in a card’s mana value, the amount of additional mana that a player can pay to cast it is variable, with more mana inevitably leading to a more powerful effect. Indecksthat have access to an abundance of mana, X-costs can be pumped up to truly ridiculous levels.
Doppelgang’s three ‘X’s means that – as a player sets the value of ‘X’, the mana paid needs to go up in multiples of 3 to have an additional effect. While this is a steep cost to pay, it’s well worth doing to multiply as many of your creatures as you can, as many times as you can.
Doppelgang is already going down great withMTG players, many of whom simply can’t resist this style of high-cost, high-reward spell.
In aresponse to the card’s reveal, Reddit commenterKoyoyomiAragistated:
“8, 11, 14+ mana is a lot but the reward is pretty high”.
Reddit userchrsjxnalso got in on the fun and hadthis to say:
“This card is going to be absolutely stupid in Commander. And absolutely stupid (but in a different way) everywhere else. I love it.”
Commanderslike Rowan, Scion of War, and Zaxara, the Exemplary show the enduring popularity of X-cost cards in MTG, and Doppelgang is anincredible new additionto this particular arsenal. Decks with access to a bunch of mana, creature-focused strategies, and token-generators should all keep an eye out for this new finisher option whenMurders at Karlov Manorlaunches onFebruary 9.
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Jack Bye was a Games Writer on Dexerto’s UK team, specializing in ecommerce content. He is a Magic The Gathering and DnD expert, covering all things tabletop games. He also has bylines at WePC and VideoGamer.
