Even though Remastered sets have been somewhat mid over the past few years, Wizards of the Coast may have knocked it out of the park with Innistrad Remastered. A ton of incredibly high-value reprints were showcased in today’s WeeklyMTG video. Some incredibly expensive cards are going to become a lot more accessible to players who want them cheap. As if that wasn’t good enough, they’ll also become a lot fancier for players who want to show off some bling.
Here are the highlights from today’s Innistrad Remastered reveal.
Emrakul, the Promised End
Emrakul, the Promised End eventually ended up on Innistrad and got trapped in the moon by Tamiyo. It therefore makes sense to see this card appear in Innistrad Remastered.
Despite being an Eldrazi Titan, Emrakul, the Promised End has very little in the way of reprints. The card sees periodic play in constructed formats, usually showing up when things slow down as a top-end finisher in mirror matches. The card also showed up during Nadu’s reign at the Modern Horizons 3 Pro Tour as a way of forcing combo players to self-destruct.
Of course, the card is also very popular in the Commander format. Taking control of your opponent’s turn, regardless of the format, is usually a devastating play that ends the game in short order afterward. Playing a massive flying 13/13 is also the exact type of nonsense that Commander supports.
Thanks to only having printings in a Secret Lair and Eldritch Moon, which was infamously short-printed, Emrakul, the Promised End goes for about $40 in its cheapest printings prior to its Innistrad Remastered reprint. Notably, Emrakul will be available in the above Poster variant, in a normal variant, and with a retro border. The Poster and foil retro variants are Collector Booster exclusives.
The Meathook Massacre
The Meathook Massacre was powerful enough to get banned out of Standard when the card was legal. Innistrad: Midnight Hunt has since rotated out of the Standard format, but the card remains a really powerful boardwipe and value tool for aristocrat decks in the Commander format. The card occasionally shows up in Pioneer, but Commander is where The Meathook Massacre really shines, and that is why the card still has a $40 price tag.
Because the demand for this card is primarily Commander-driven, a reprint may reduce the price of this somewhat. Of course, that depends on just how popular the card is in Commander. If it’s Doubling Season levels of popularity, you’ll need more than just this to make a reasonable dent, but I suspect not.
In the WeeklyMTG preview, we saw The Meathook Massacre appear in Retro and normal variants.
Edgar Markov
This isn’t really new news, but Edgar Markov is the most expensive reprint we’ve seen so far for Innistrad Remastered. It’s also the one that stands to lose the most value for its barebones variant for a couple of reasons.
The reason why Edgar Markov boasted such a ridiculous secondary market value of $100, prior to the reprint announcement, is because it had only been printed in one place. Sadly, that one place was a scarce one. Available only in 2016 Commander Precons, Edgar Markov didn’t even get a main set printing. This is bad news as the card ended up being one of the best Typal Commanders ever printed. Any Vampire fan wanted a copy of this card.
Now, Edgar Markov’s secondary market value may plummet off a cliff. Since the announcement, the card has already dropped $30. Five different variants, at minimum, for Edgar Markov were also revealed, so the card might be surprisingly easy to open compared to other Mythic cards. Mind you, many of the Edgar Markov treatments are Collector Booster exclusives.
The above Edgar Markov will be the most expensive card you can find in Innistrad Remastered. This is the only serialized card in the set and, of course, is a Collector Booster exclusive.
Potential for Rare Variants
While the three cards listed above are strictly valuable from a reprint perspective, there may also be some surprisingly expensive variations of popular MTG cards in this set. This Snapcaster Mage, for example, is much harder to open than you might think.
All in all, for a reprint set, Innistrad Remastered looks like a collector’s paradise. There is a massive opportunity to find flashy variations of some of your favorite cards. This set should be able to reduce the price of some card’s cheapest variant to make the gamepiece more accessible while boasting incredibly expensive variations for players who want to bling their decks out.
For now, Innistrad Remastered spoiler season is taking a pause. We won’t see much else until next month, but this was a strong start.
