Continuing our tradition from last year, Kevin and I over at The First Pioneers own up to the mistakes we made on our Top 5 picks during our Pioneer set reviews (and also gloat about the picks we DID get right in 2022). While The Innistrad Double Feature set released in January, this years set reviews only included:
While the Brother’s War set only recently came out, we’ve seen enough results to remake our previous top 5s into new ones, and did the same for the other sets that came out in 2022. Listen to find out what our new top 5 cards from each set this year was, why we got our original Top 5’s wrong, and what cards might still have a chance to shine in the coming year!
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Top 5’s
| The Brothers’ War | New Top 5 | Ryan’s Original Top 5 | Kevin’s Original Top 5 |
| 5 | Cityscape Leveler | Go for the Throat | Diabolic Intent |
| 4 | Soul Partition | Brotherhood’s End | Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor |
| 3 | Kayla’s Reconstruction | The Stone Brain | Obliterating Bolt |
| 2 | Misery’s Shadow | Obliterating Bolt | Obstinate Baloth |
| 1 | The Stone Brain | Diabolic Intent | The Stone Brain |
| Dominaria United | New Top 5 | Ryan’s Original Top 5 | Kevin’s New Top 5 |
| 5 | Liliana of the Veil | Vodalian Hexcatcher | Phoenix Chick |
| 4 | Temporary Lockdown | Defiler of Instinct | Karn’s Sylex |
| 3 | Leyline Binding | Pain Lands | Temporary Lockdown |
| 2 | Karplusan Forest | Liliana of the Veil | Liliana of the Veil |
| 1 | Sheoldred, the Apocalypse | Serra Paragon | Vodalian Hexcatcher Cycle |
| The Streets of New Capenna | New Top 5 | Ryan’s Original Top 5 | Kevin’s New Top 5 |
| 5 | Ob Nixilis, the Adversary | Workshop Warchief | Tenacious Underdog |
| 4 | Tenacious Underdog | Unlicensed Hearse | Unlicensed Hearse |
| 3 | Extraction Specialist | Void Rend | Giada, Font of Hope |
| 2 | Ledger Shredder | The Triomes | Fatal Grudge |
| 1 | Unlicensed Hearse | Ob Nixilis, the Adversary | Ob Nixilis, the Adversary |
| Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty | New Top 5 | Ryan’s Original Top 5 | Kevin’s New Top 5 |
| 5 | Kumano Faces Kakkazan | The Wandering Emperor | The Wandering Emperor |
| 4 | Greasefang, Okiba Boss | Greasefang, Okiba Boss | Containment Construct |
| 3 | The Wandering Emporer | Mechtitan Core | Roadside Reliquary / Mech Hangar / Secluded Courtyard |
| 2 | Boseiju, Who Endures | Secluded Courtyard | Boseiju, Who Endures Cycle |
| 1 | Fable of the Mirror-Breaker | Boseiju, Who Endures Cycle | Light-Paws, Emperor’s Voice |
