5 reprints we hope to see in Ravnica Remastered and Innistrad Remastered

The last few days have been huge for Magic: The Gathering.

The road map for the next few years has been announced, and there are still exciting new plan(es) for players, even after the 30 years the game has been around.

Besides the tie-ins with some massive video game franchises, Wizards of the Coast is set to release remastered sets from the planes of Ravnica and Innistrad in 2024 and 2025 respectively.

These sets will be similar to Time Spiral Remastered and Dominaria Remastered printed in the last few years, and feature cards that had previously appeared in the multiple sets (and blocks, if you are a long-time Magic: The Gathering player) specific to the planes of Ravnica and Innistrad.

We still do not know what to exactly expect from both remastered sets, besides the retro Hallowed Fountain and Arclight Phoenix already teased in the 30th Anniversary panel at GenCon video, but that is not going to stop a fan like me from generating a small wishlist the moment I heard about the sets.

So, here are my top five reprint wishes for both Ravnica Remastered and Innistrad Remastered for the Commander format. My previous predictions for Commander Masters were pretty spot-on, and I am hoping to turn this into a streak.

1. Parallel Lives

Parallel Lives was first printed in Innistrad in 2011 when all the vampire and werewolf shenanigans started, and it has not seen a significant reprint besides a 2022 Judge Gift Card.

Thus, most copies of Parallel Lives hanging around in players’ deck boxes are still in the older Modern card frame.

This card is one of the best green token doubler, although it has been superseded a little by Doubling Season in recent times.

This is still a definite reprint for Innistrad Remastered in my books, especially if you want to add a token doubler to say, your next Samwise Gamgee Commander deck.

2. Copy Enchantment

In a somewhat similar vein, Copy Enchantment was printed in the OG Ravnica: City of Guilds all the way back in 2005, and for some reason has not seen even a single reprint in any Secret Lair products or as a Judge Gift Card.

Enchantments are getting increasingly powerful or annoying (usually both), and Copy Enchantment can easily copy any of your opponent’s Rhystic Study or Smothering Tithe in a Commander game.

It is an extremely flexible card, similar to a much rarer and never-going-to-be-reprinted Copy Artifact, and it will be a missed opportunity if Copy Enchantment does not get reprinted in Ravnica Remastered.

3. Cryptolith Rite

Okay, I know I am beginning to sound like a broken record but Cryptolith Rite has the exact same fate as Copy Enchantment: it has not seen any reprint at all since Shadows over Innistrad came out in 2016.

Cryptolith Rite is a good mana ramp if your deck has a lot of small creatures which you can play early in the game, or produces a lot of creature tokens which can be used to generate lots of mana.

It is a Springleaf Drum on some unhealthy steroids, and hey, it is a decent target for Copy Enchantment too. A reprint of Cryptolith Rite is too good to pass up in Innistrad Remastered.

4. Cloudstone Curio

Yes, I know Cloudstone Curio was recently reprinted as part of the Realms and Relics collection in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, but it can only be found in box toppers and in a very specific slot in Collector Boosters.

That means finding a Cloudstone Curio (or Elessar, the Elfstone) in the recent LOTR set will still take some degree of luck… or money.

Cloudstone Curio was last reprinted in Ravnica: City of Guilds, and if you like to play combo decks in Commander, Cloudstone Curio pairs with many cards such as Dockside Extortionist to outright win the game.

I also really want a Cloudstone Curio in a M15 card frame, so please reprint them in Ravnica Remastered (Elessar, the Elfstone is in a full art borderless treatment)!

5. Dark Confidant (Bob edition)

To end off my list, nothing is more apt than a reprint of Dark Confidant in this very exact art.

For those not in the know, this print of Dark Confidant is affectionately known as Bob since the man depicted in the art is none other than the former pro player Robert Maher Jr.

Robert Maher Jr. or Bob won the 2004 Magic Invitational, meaning he got the chance to design the card Dark Confidant which was released in Ravnica: City of Guilds.

All subsequent reprints of Dark Confidant (barring the 2011 Judge Gift Card) have featured different artworks, and to that end, I plead with Wizards of the Coast to bring Bob back in Ravnica Remastered.

To be honest, I have no exact idea why and how calling Dark Confidant Bob became a thing (even in Singapore), but Robert Maher Jr. was an extremely accomplished player and I guess he truly made his mark.

That is not all. Dark Confidant gives you card advantage every time it is your turn, and I still play it in my competitive Kess, Dissident Mage deck even though it is not exactly the flavour of the month anymore.

With that, I make my case for the five cards I hope are reprinted in Ravnica Remastered and Innistrad Remastered.

Magic: The Gathering recently celebrated its 30th birthday (5 August if anyone is wondering), and I cannot be happier that the game I know and love is continuously growing, while at the same time bringing us back to the planes we fell in love with over the last 30 years.

I will most definitely be looking back at this article when both sets are released in 2024 and 2025 (possibly with a wide I-knew-it grin), and here's to many more years of Innistrad, Ravnica, and other beautiful planes in the Multiverse.

Jay is a content creator who likes to hoard vintage photographic lenses, and loses too often in Dota 2 and Magic: The Gathering after work.

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