The 10 Best Reprints of Innistrad Remastered

Magic: The Gathering's first expansion of the year, Innistrad Remastered, is focused on the Innistrad sets, with striking reprints of cards from each of them, as well as some extra additions that, despite not having been released there, fit into the Victorian aesthetic of one of the game's most lore-rich planes.

The first block of Innistrad expansions was originally released in 2011, with Innistrad, Dark Ascension and Avacyn Restored, and two more sets released in 2016 with Shadows over Innistrad and Eldritch Moon, and in 2021, Magic returned to the plane for Innistrad: Midnight Hunt and Innistrad: Crimson Vow.

Innistrad Remastered hits stores on January 24th, and in this article we present the ten best reprints of the set for players of all formats!

10 - Necroduality

Necroduality was a card that increased in price quite a bit due to its low availability on the market, since it was released in only one expansion and had a reprint in the unpopular Innistrad: Double Feature. An important piece for Commander decks with Zombie themes that have access to , this enchantment is a very welcome reprint for this archetype on the format.

9 - Slow Lands

The Slow Lands, originally released in the Midnight Hunt and Crimson Vow expansions, became complementary pieces to the mana base of several decks during their time in Standard and also in Pioneer, where they remain to this day.

With only one release in each cycle and the only reprint present in the unpopular Innistrad: Double Feature, the price of Slow Lands has increased significantly in recent years, and their arrival in a Remastered set should help increase the number of copies available in stores and in the hands of players, easing the investment for those who want to buy some for their Commander and/or Pioneer decks.

8 - Snapcaster Mage

Snapcaster Mage was once considered one of the best creatures in Magic: The Gathering. More than a decade after its release, however, it has become a relic of the past that sees occasional play in Modern lists alongside Flame of Anor and Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student, but far from having the competitive presence it once had.

It returns in Innistrad Remastered with the special retro frame treatment, with the border that Magic cards before Eighth Edition had, which should add a lot to its collectible value and make it a coveted piece for players in Modern and Commander as well.

7 - Liliana of the Veil

If Snapcaster Mage has been called one of the best creatures in Magic, Liliana of the Veil was for many years the second best Planeswalker in the game, behind only Jace, the Mind Sculptor due to his long history of bans in the past.

Liliana was a protagonist of Midranges in Modern for years: she was a core card in archetypes like Jund, or even in Abzan Midrange, where she interacted with Lingering Souls to generate positive value for her controller. Today, her competitive space is a little more limited, but her reprint in Dominaria United makes Liliana available in Standard until the last quarter of 2025, where she appears frequently in the Sideboard.

She's also available in Pioneer, where decks like Rakdos Midrange or some variants of the Greasefang, Okiba Boss combo opt for the Planeswalker in their lists for attrition games - and with a new version with retro border treatment, Liliana of the Veil becomes one of the most important reprints of Innistrad Remastered and definitely a chase card for fans.

6 - Craterhoof Behemoth

From a legendary win condition in Commander to a target for Natural Order and/or Green Sun's Zenith in Legacy, Craterhoof Behemoth has a long history in Magic that is very much reflected in its market value.

It has become a core piece of a dozen strategies in the game, especially for decks like Elves that find it a more efficient way to have an Overrun effect on lists that already fill the board naturally, but its main results today involve the controversial Nadu, Winged Wisdom and its Legacy version that has had good competitive results in the past few months.

5 - The Meathook Massacre

The Meathook Massacre is one of the most efficient sweepers in history because it does a little more than just deal with all the creatures on the board. In the right deck, it helps control its controller's life loss and practically makesgo wide Aggro unfeasible to exist, which led to its ban in Standard in 2022.

Today, in addition to being a popular board control piece in Commander, this enchantment is also a powerful sideboard staple in Pioneer, where in addition to controlling the format's Aggro, it also guarantees a clean answer against the famous loops of Cauldron Familiar with Witch's Oven that drain the opponent's life, and blocks part of their combo with Ygra, Eater of All.

4 - Avacyn, Angel of Hope

Avacyn, Angel of Hope is one of the most iconic and popular angels in Magic, and this fame is naturally reflected in its market value for fans of Commander decks around this theme. And with an exclusive retro frame version for Innistrad Remastered, this variant is likely to remain at a high price for the next few weeks, but its immediate availability could be the perfect opportunity for collectors to acquire a copy.

3 - Hermit Druid

Hermit Druid is such an old card that it has never been reprinted outside a promo version that many were sure it was on the Reserved List. Now, to the surprise of many, it returns in Innistrad Remastered with new artwork and its first reprint in a booster set.

This reprint is the perfect opportunity for two demographics of players: again, Commander players can take advantage of this moment to acquire a copy of Hermit Druid to use in the absurd combos that the card allows with Thassa's Oracle and the like, and also for Premodern players, who can take advantage of it to get cheaper copies of the card and use it in a relatively popular deck in the format, Angry Hermit, where it sets up combos with Anger and Sutured Ghoul for a quick win.

2 - Emrakul, the Promised End

Emrakul, the Promised End also receives its first reprint outside a promo version in Innistrad Remastered, and it is perhaps the most important among competitive formats: the mother of one of the Eldrazi lineages has regained its space as a Modern staple after the recent bans on the format placed Eldrazi Ramp as one of the best archetypes, where the cheap ramp combined with the diversity of card types the deck can put in the graveyard make Emrakul enter the battlefield very early.

In addition, this version is also present in Pioneer and is commonly a sideboard piece for Nykthos Ramp, and like other types, Eldrazi are popular in Commander, where the recent support in both Commander Masters and Modern Horizons 3 have made this strategy much more attractive to players.

1 - Edgar Markov

Vampires are one of the most popular creature types in Magic: The Gathering, and one of the main attractions that leads someone to build a deck in the game is often to combine several creatures of the same type. Today, this more casual aspect of the game naturally comes from Commander, where types of all genres are viable and easier to build due to the social aspect of the format.

However, Vampire fans have always faced a problem: the best possible commander for this creature type was locked in a 2017 precon deck, without any non-promotional reprint of it - greatly increasing its demand while the supply was relatively scarce, greatly limiting who could build good vampire decks for their monetary value.

Innistrad Remastered helps solve this problem by not only making Edgar Markov available in a booster pack, but also giving fans four different variants of the card to choose from, and while its value should still remain high - he is the best commander for vampires, after all - the availability of the card in stores and players' trading binders should increase considerably in the coming months, and given the popularity of this strategy in Commander, it shouldn't stay there for long!

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