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MTG’s Ravnica Remastered set is an all-reprint set with cards from all throughout the game’s history. All the cards included in the set were from past sets that took place on the plane of Ravnica. Being one of the oldest and most re-visited planes, there are many powerful cards that are included in the set thanks to the power level of older sets.
We’ve picked out a few cards that we think are going to work best in all formats, so without further ado here are the best cards in Ravnica Remastered. If you’re struggling to pick up the Ravnica Remastered booster boxes, you might consider buying a booster box instead.
11. Mayhem Devil
Mayhem Devil is one of the best sacrifice support cards out there. It turns you sacrificing a permanent into one damage to any target. In sacrifice decks, they generally burn by looping sacrifice effects (notable with Cauldron Familiar and Witch’s Oven), so Mayhem Devil makes the burn happen that much faster while letting you deal with problem creatures.
10. Spark Double
A staple of combo decks, Spark Double is a way to double up on any creature or planeswalker you control. While it coming in with an extra counter isn’t too relevant, it’s a solid bonus. What makes Spark Double so good over other clone effects is that it lets you copy legendary creatures while making the copy not legendary, so you can have two copies of it on the field.
9. Birds Of Paradise
The best one-mana mana dork of all time, Birds Of Paradise makes a return in Ravnica Remastered. Most mana dorks that are this cheap to play tend to only tap for a specific colour, but Birds Of Paradise lets you generate any colour. “Bolt the Bird” is a common expression for a reason, because if it’s not removed odds are the controller of Birds Of Paradise will be at an advantage so long as it’s on the field.
8. Muddle The Mixture
Versatile spells are always great, and that’s exactly what Muddle The Mixture is. You can either use it as a counterspell for instants and sorceries, or transmute it to tutor for any spell with a mana value of two. Tutoring is one of the best effects in Magic as it provides consistency for your deck. Even if you’re not transmuting Muddle The Mixture, it’s still a solid counterspell.
7. Bruvac The Grandiloquent
Bruvac The Grandiloquent is the ultimate support for mill strategies. It doubles all mill effects on your opponents, making it easier for you to win through mill. Even if you’re not planning on decking out your opponents, in decks that want to play spells out of your opponent’s graveyard it’s great to get more options in there.
6. Chord Of Calling
A fantastic combo piece and tutor, Chord Of Calling lets you get any creature out from your deck so long as you have the mana to pay for it. It has convoke, letting you use creatures to help pay for it. Since Chord Of Calling is an instant, you can use it when your opponents are tapped out and before your turn starts so you have all your mana sources ready on your turn.
Convoking
To convoke, you can tap creatures you control to pay for one generic mana for each creature tapped. These creatures can be tapped even if they have summoning sickness, letting you use them for convoke as soon as they hit the battlefield.
5. Hellkite Tyrant
One of the best alternate win conditions, with Hellkite Tyrant it’s very easy to win the game so long as you have ways to generate a artifacts. With how easy artifact tokens like Treasures and Food are to make, getting twenty is trivial. It can also steal all artifacts your opponent controls when you deal damage to them to steal mana rocks and other utility spells. It paints a target on its back right away, so make sure you pair it with protection.
4. Rhythm Of The Wild
Creature decks that can play Rhythm Of The Wild, should be playing it. It’s great against decks playing counterspells as it ensures you don’t have to worry about them when playing creatures. In combo decks, Rhythm Of The Wild lets you give them haste to potentially swing out for lethal damage to win the game with all your fresh creatures.
3. Karn, The Great Creator
A card needs to be strong to be restricted in Vintage, Magic’s highest power format. Karn, The Great Creator fits the bill (and also had to be banned from Pioneer). Karn completely shuts down artifacts and can get rid of tokens with its +1 ability. What makes Karn so good is that it lets you access your sideboard at any point, letting you bring in utility artifacts to counter any matchup you might be facing.
2. Teferi, Time Raveler
One of the most hated cards of all time for how strong it is, Teferi, Time Raveler is one of the best planeswalkers ever printed. Its static ability slows down many decks, and in some cases, can completely shut down their strategies. Being able to cast sorcery spells at instant speed is great too. Teferi is easy to cast and impactful right away, which is what makes it so good.
1. Cyclonic Rift
Cyclonic Rift is the best blue board wipe ever printed. You will rarely not be casting Cyclonic Rift for its overload cost, as it sets your opponents back so much (especially in Commander) if it resolves. In a pinch, you can cast it normally to stop a combo in its track or to get rid of a creature that’s rapidly becoming a problem. It being an instant lets you use it before you start your turn, so you start with all your resources while your opponents lose all of theirs.
What are the Shocklands?
The Shocklands will be excluded from this list as they would otherwise take up half of it. Shocklands are the best dual lands you can play in most formats since they have a basic land type making them easily searchable from the deck.
These are the 11 best new cards in the new Magic: The Gathering Ravnica Remastered set. Ravnica has had strong cards in them over the years, allowing Ravnica Remastered to be packed with power. Many of them have had an impact across Magic’s many formats, and the reprints are a great way to make expensive cards more affordable.
How many guilds are there in Ravnica Remastered?
There are ten guilds in Ravnica Remastered: The Azorius Senate, House Dimir, The Cult of Rakdos, The Gruul Clans, The Selesnya Conclave, The Orzhov Syndicate, The Izzet League, The Golgari Swarm, The Boros Legion, The Simic Combine.
How many retro frame cards are there in Ravnica Remastered?
There are 25 commons, 36 uncommons, 58 rares, and 16 mythic rares. This brings up the total of retro frame cards to 135.
