Doubling Season

Doubling Season first appeared in Ravnica: City of Guilds (RAV), 7 October 2005. The original record is RAV #158, at rare, illustrated by Wayne Reynolds. Original finish availability: nonfoil, traditional foil.

Use the curated shortlist for meaningful edition differences, then the shared explorer for the wider catalogue. Editorial records reviewed 4 November 2026; current prices and legality can change.

Doubling Season costs {4}{G}, is an Enchantment and has a green colour identity. It replaces effects that create tokens under your control with twice that many tokens, and effects putting counters on permanents you control with twice that many counters.

It affects permanents entering with counters, including a planeswalker’s starting loyalty and a battle’s defense counters. It does not double loyalty counters added as the cost of activating a planeswalker ability: those are a cost rather than an effect.

Multiple applicable Doubling Seasons can apply to the same event: two produce four times the original tokens or counters, three produce eight times. These are replacement effects, not extra triggers waiting to resolve later. The basic operation is shared by the Ravnica original and every premium illustration.

Ravnica: City of Guilds (RAV) #158, released on 7 October 2005, is the original rare by Wayne Reynolds. Nonfoil and traditional foil were both available. This is the first-printing target, rather than one of the later mythic rare editions.

The 2011 Judge Gift Card #7 introduces Chuck Lukacs artwork in foil. Modern Masters #141 in 2013 reuses that painting in a regular frame, with nonfoil and foil. Battlebond #195 in 2018 changes the illustration to Richard Wright. Those different artists provide meaningful visual milestones.

Double Masters in 2020 provides regular #164 with Lukacs art and borderless #350 by Ron Spencer. Both have nonfoil and traditional foil. The borderless treatment is an alternate version from that same release, not a separate later reprint.

Commander Masters in August 2023 returns the Lukacs image at mythic rare as regular #283 and etched #557. The original Ravnica rarity stays rare; a later mythic printing does not rewrite it.

Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales follows in September 2023. Eva Eskelinen illustrates #52, while Kemonomichi supplies the anime image shared by #81 and confetti #101. This is two paintings across three collector records.

Foundations in November 2024 returns Lukacs art on regular #216 and adds Kawasumi Japan Showcase art on #428 and fracture #438. The ordinary showcase foil and fracture foil are distinct records sharing that artwork.

The 2026 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Source Material release adds PZA #11 by Kevin Eastman, in nonfoil and traditional foil. It is a separate crossover artwork family, rather than a new finish applied to the Foundations painting.

Reynolds, Lukacs and Wright: the debut, Judge/Masters family and Battlebond illustrate three distinct eras. Lukacs’ painting appears repeatedly: Judge #7, MMA #141, regular 2XM #164, CMM #283/#557 and FDN #216 all belong to that family.

Spencer: borderless 2XM #350 changes the illustration as well as the framing. Choosing its nonfoil version still gives you the artistic change.

Eskelinen and Kemonomichi: WOT #52 and #81 are different images. Confetti #101 uses the Kemonomichi image from #81; it is a treatment comparison, not another new painting.

Kawasumi: Foundations #428 and #438 share the Japan Showcase illustration and special frame. “Japan Showcase” identifies the treatment, not a guarantee that every copy is Japanese-language.

Eastman: PZA #11 brings comic-book Source Material art into the collection. Its artist and product identity separate it from Magic-world paintings, even though the card’s rules are unchanged.

RAV #158 and the regular reprints shortlisted here generally offer nonfoil and traditional foil. The Judge G11 #7 is foil-only. CMM #557 is etched foil only, using Lukacs art; its regular counterpart #283 has the ordinary finish choices.

WOT #52 and #81 each offer nonfoil and traditional foil. WOT #101 is confetti foil only, sharing Kemonomichi’s anime art with #81. A traditional-foil #81 is a separate collector record.

FDN #428 is traditional foil only; #438 is fracture foil only. Both use Kawasumi’s Japan Showcase image. There is no nonfoil #428 established by the catalogue, and an ordinary #428 foil is not the fracture version.

PZA #11 has nonfoil and traditional foil. Its Source Material designation is an artwork/presentation category, not evidence of confetti, fracture, surge or serialization. Match each premium name to the number and set that actually supplies it.

For the first printing: RAV #158 supplies Reynolds’ original art and release identity, with a choice of nonfoil or traditional foil.

For a regular-frame comparison: compare the Lukacs Masters/Foundations family with Wright’s BBD #195. This makes the illustration the variable before comparing individual offers.

For borderless art: Spencer’s 2XM #350 and Eskelinen’s WOT #52 provide distinct alternatives. Kemonomichi’s WOT #81 adds the anime interpretation without requiring confetti foil.

For a premium finish collection: compare CMM #557 etched, WOT #101 confetti and FDN #438 fracture as three separate treatment families. They are not interchangeable levels of foil on one painting.

For Japan Showcase: compare #428 with #438, then inspect language and the actual physical surface. For comic-book art instead, PZA #11 is the relevant Eastman record.

Our first art comparison is RAV #158 nonfoil, 2XM #350 nonfoil and WOT #81 nonfoil. Reynolds, Spencer and Kemonomichi give three very different interpretations without a reflective treatment obscuring the choice.

If the anime painting wins, compare ordinary #81 foil with #101 confetti. If Kawasumi’s Japan Showcase is the reason you want the card, begin with #428 before considering #438 fracture. Neither decision requires a claim about investment value or a fixed cheapest edition.

The Great Henge — Compare another green permanent’s distinct artwork and premium editions.

Birds of Paradise — Explore a fellow Ravnica reprint with a much earlier Alpha origin.

Rhystic Study — Compare original rarity, anime art and a separate confetti record.

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Reviewed 4 November 2026 against accessible catalogue records and indexed catalogue extracts, with official product or policy references where applicable. Existing ManaScout text was audited rather than treated as evidence. Direct Scryfall API access was unavailable during this editorial review; the shared live explorer continues to use its existing integration.

• Catalogue: Ravnica: City of Guilds (RAV) #158
• Catalogue: Judge Gift Cards 2011 (G11) #7
• Catalogue: Modern Masters (MMA) #141
• Catalogue: Battlebond (BBD) #195
• Catalogue: Double Masters (2XM) #164
• Catalogue: Double Masters (2XM) #350
• Catalogue: Commander Masters (CMM) #283
• Catalogue: Commander Masters (CMM) #557
• Catalogue: Enchanting Tales (WOT) #52
• Catalogue: Enchanting Tales (WOT) #81
• Catalogue: Enchanting Tales (WOT) #101
• Catalogue: Foundations (FDN) #216
• Catalogue: Foundations (FDN) #428
• Catalogue: Foundations (FDN) #438
• Catalogue: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Source Material (PZA) #11
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