Most Hopeful Reprints For MTG Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty

Spoiler season for Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty is approaching. There have been several leaks of new cards over the last few weeks. But sometimes old cards are just as exciting. I’m talking about reprints!

In the 17 years since the original Kamigawa block was released, many of the original sets’ cards have never been reprinted. Naturally, this has made some of these cards extremely pricy.

But there’s a chance that a few old Kamigawa cards could get reprinted when we return to the plane in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. These are the top cards I hope to see reprinted.

Oboro, Palace in the Clouds

Let’s kick things off with the most expensive card on my list, coming in at around $70.00 at the time of writing.

The idea of returning one of your lands to your hand may seem counterintuitive. It can put you behind your opponent on mana, right? But there are actually a bunch of cool synergies you can do with this card.

The main reason Oboro is so expensive is because of a little critter named Ruin Crab Ruin Crab Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, each opponent mills three cards. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.) . Joining the original Hedron Crab Hedron Crab Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, target player mills three cards. (They put the top three cards of their library into their graveyard.) , Ruin Crab gave Modern Mill decks a total of eight landfall milling effects. Oboro’s ability is extremely useful in mill decks, as it ensures you will always have a land drop to mill your opponent with your Crab creatures.

But Oboro is also great in Commander in decks the care about lands such as Tatyova, Benthic Druid Tatyova, Benthic Druid Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life and draw a card. , Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may draw a card. , and Omnath, Locus of Creation Omnath, Locus of Creation When Omnath enters, draw a card.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 4 life if this is the first time this ability has resolved this turn. If it's the second time, add {R}{G}{W}{U}. If it's the third time, Omnath deals 4 damage to each opponent and each planeswalker you don't control. .

Freed From the Real

There are so many ways to make infinite mana in Commander with Freed from the Real. Attach it to a Zaxara, the Exemplary Zaxara, the Exemplary Deathtouch
{T}: Add two mana of any one color.
Whenever you cast a spell with {X} in its mana cost, create a 0/0 green Hydra creature token, then put X +1/+1 counters on it. , Bloom Tender Bloom Tender Vivid — {T}: For each color among permanents you control, add one mana of that color. , or Faeburror Elder, just to name a few, and you’re off to the races.

Freed from the Real has been reprinted once before, but it’s still at $3.00-$4.00 common card and could use another reprint to meet its Commander demand.

Uba’s Mask

Uba Mask wasn’t always expensive. But several recent Commander developments have pushed the card to its current $15.00 price mark. The card combos with Drannith Magistrate Drannith Magistrate Your opponents can't cast spells from anywhere other than their hands. , soft-locking your opponents from playing any more spells. And it also synergizes well with the new, preconstructed Commander deck, featuring Prosper, Tome-Bound Prosper, Tome-Bound Deathtouch
Mystic Arcanum — At the beginning of your end step, exile the top card of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.
Pact Boon — Whenever you play a card from exile, create a Treasure token. .

Minamo, School At Water’s Edge

This legendary land did receive a relatively recent reprint in Mystery Booster. Nevertheless, Minamo is still around $20.00 and could definitely use another reprint.

The ability to untap legendary permanents is extremely useful in a format like Commander, as it can allow you to double activate some Commanders’ abilities. Araumi of the Dead Tide Araumi of the Dead Tide {T}, Exile cards from your graveyard equal to the number of opponents you have: Target creature card in your graveyard gains encore until end of turn. The encore cost is equal to its mana cost. (Exile the creature card and pay its mana cost: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.) , Codie, Vociferous Codex Codie, Vociferous Codex You can't cast permanent spells.
{4}, {T}: Add {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}. When you next cast a spell this turn, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile an instant or sorcery card with lesser mana value. Until end of turn, you may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Put each other card exiled this way on the bottom of your library in a random order. , and Prime Speaker Vannifar Prime Speaker Vannifar {T}, Sacrifice another creature: Search your library for a creature card with mana value equal to 1 plus the sacrificed creature's mana value, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery. , are all examples of decks that benefit from Minamo, School at Water’s Edge.

Hall of the Bandit Warlord

Hall of the Bandit Lord | Wizards of the Coast

Here’s yet another Kamigawa card that has never been reprinted and is $20.00+ at the time of this article. There are so many Commander decks that can benefit from giving creatures haste that Hall of the Bandit Lord could definitely use a reprint.

Hall of the Bandit Lord is a key player in decks that rely on their Commander’s activated ability, such as Captain Sissay, and decks that care about their Commander attacking, such as Narset, Enlightened Master Narset, Enlightened Master First strike, hexproof
Whenever Narset attacks, exile the top four cards of your library. Until end of turn, you may cast noncreature spells from among those cards without paying their mana costs. .

Shizo, Death’s Warehouse + Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep

When Modern Horizons 2 was released, both of these legendary lands shot up in price. They happen to work great with the notorious, Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer Whenever Ragavan deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token and exile the top card of that player's library. Until end of turn, you may cast that card.
Dash {1}{R} (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.) . Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep, is currently between $25.00 and $30.00. And Shizo, Death’s Storehouse, is $30.00+. Now they’re in desperate need of some reprints.

Boseiju, Who Shelters All

It never feels good running a crucial spell into an opposing counterspell. It feels even worse if you’re pumping all the mana you’ve got into something like a Tooth and Nail Tooth and Nail Choose one —
• Search your library for up to two creature cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
• Put up to two creature cards from your hand onto the battlefield.
Entwine {2} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.) or Genesis Wave Genesis Wave Reveal the top X cards of your library. You may put any number of permanent cards with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Then put all cards revealed this way that weren't put onto the battlefield into your graveyard. , and your opponent stops you with a zero-mana Fierce Guardianship Fierce Guardianship If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell. .

Well, Boseiju can shelter you from those wicked blue players. But the land is currently around $32.00 and could certainly use a reprint.

#1 Reprint: Sensei’s Divining Top

Sensei’s Divining Top | Wizards of the Coast

More than any other card on this list, I hope Sensei’s Divining Top gets reprinted in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. I don’t care if this card is currently banned in Modern. It’s still a staple of many Commander decks.

There are so many Commander decks that care about manipulating the top of your library. Yuriko, the Tiger’s Shadow Yuriko, the Tiger’s Shadow Commander ninjutsu {U}{B} ({U}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand or the command zone tapped and attacking.)
Whenever a Ninja you control deals combat damage to a player, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. Each opponent loses life equal to that card's mana value. , God-Eternal Kefnet God-Eternal Kefnet Flying
You may reveal the first card you draw each turn as you draw it. Whenever you reveal an instant or sorcery card this way, copy that card and you may cast the copy. That copy costs {2} less to cast.
When God-Eternal Kefnet dies or is put into exile from the battlefield, you may put it into its owner's library third from the top. , Runo Stromkirk Runo Stromkirk Flying
When Runo enters, put up to one target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.
At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. You may reveal that card. If a creature card with mana value 6 or greater is revealed this way, transform Runo. , and the list goes on.

But this card, originally printed as an uncommon in Champions of Kamigawa, is a whopping $50.00-$60.00!

Please DON’T Reprint Umezawa’s Jitte in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty

Umezawa’s Jitte is a relatively expensive card and could very well use a reprint for Commander purposes. But please, oh please, Wizards of the Coast, do not reprint Umezawa’s Jitte in the Standard set.

If Umezawa’s Jitte were in Standard, I think it would be in nearly every deck and ruin the format. The legendary equipment punishes small creatures and makes aggro strategies unviable.