Amonkhet Remastered

***Amonkhet Remastered*** is a *Magic Arena*-specific reprint set that was released on August 13, 2020. It combines cards from *Amonkhet* and *Hour of Devastation*.

## Description

*Amonkhet Remastered* features the set-defining cards and iconic mechanics from both *Amonkhet* and *Hour of Devastation*  but with updated gameplay to make it a fun and fresh experience. The combined card count from across the two sets is 338 cards, with a focus on the Limited play experience (Draft and Sealed), Pioneer, and continued support for Historic. There are 108 commons: 21 in each color, and three colorless. There are also 90 uncommons, 74 rares, and 31 mythics. Regal Caracal serves as the box-topper, with the set number #339. The basic lands each feature seven different arts. They don't appear in the boosters.

The cards are obtainable in *MTG Arena* boosters, Limited events (Sealed and Draft), and through crafting.

### Invocations

In the announcement, Wizards of the Coast hinted there were also some additional cards hidden as a surprise, that provided support for Historic and (eventually) Pioneer Constructed formats. It turned out that R&D took *Amonkhet Remastered* as an opportunity to bring beloved *Magic* cards onto the plane of Amonkhet and show what they would have looked like had they originally been introduced on that plane. All these cards have new art. These cards are part of the main set.

#### Original Invocations

* Wrath of God
* Thoughtseize
* Pact of Negation
* Shatterstorm
* Lord of Extinction

#### Additional cards

* Demonic Pact
* Hornet Queen
* Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
* Chandra, Pyromaster
* Sphinx's Revelation
* Rest in Peace
* Anger of the Gods
* Collected Company
* Perilous Vault

## Mechanics

While many of the mechanics from the original block will be familiar (**cycling**, counters, casting cards from your graveyard), others have been remastered to fit the updated look and feel of *MTG Arena*. For example, both **embalm** and **eternalize** cards will appear as "near-hand castables" once the respective card is in the graveyard and feature a themed enters-the-battlefield animation when using either ability.

The keyword action **exert** now uses an interface like sacrifice abilities. When attacking with a creature, you will be able to choose between attacking as normal or exerting. Exerted creatures will feature arrows when they are attacking and will have a specific tap visual effect to remind players that it doesn't untap during the owner's next untap step. Once that untap step has passed, the card will appear tapped as normal.

The other reused mechanics are **afflict** and **aftermath**.

### Card types

Both **Cartouches** and **Curses** make an appearance.

## Cycles

*Amonkhet Remastered* has 13 complete cycles:

## Changes in rarity

Changes in rarity, compared either to the cards in the original Amonkhet block or to earlier printings for cards not found in the original block.

Rare to mythic rare
* Hornet Queen

Mythic rare to rare
* Lord of Extinction
* Perilous Vault

## Removed cards

The following cards from the Amonkhet block don't appear in *Amonkhet Remastered*:

Mythic rare

* Gideon, Martial Paragon
* Liliana, Death Wielder
* Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver
* Nissa, Genesis Mage
* Uncage the Menagerie

Rare

* Adorned Pouncer
* Ammit Eternal
* Angel of Condemnation
* Apocalypse Demon
* Bounty of the Luxa
* Channeler Initiate
* Chaos Maw
* Djeru, With Eyes Open
* Dreamstealer
* Endless Sands
* Fraying Sanity
* Gideon's Resolve
* Glyph Keeper
* Harvest Season
* Hazoret's Favor
* Hazoret's Undying Fury
* Heart-Piercer Manticore
* Honored Hydra
* Hostile Desert
* Hour of Eternity
* Hour of Glory
* Kefnet's Last Word
* Liliana's Influence
* Nissa's Encouragement
* Oketra's Last Mercy
* Oracle's Vault
* Plague Belcher
* Pyramid of the Pantheon
* Ramunap Hydra
* Rhonas's Last Stand
* Swarm Intelligence
* Visage of Bolas
* Wildfire Eternal

Uncommon

* Accursed Horde
* Angel of the God-Pharaoh
* Angler Drake
* Avid Reclaimer
* Banewhip Punisher
* Bloodrage Brawler
* Bloodwater Entity
* Companion of the Trials
* Consuming Fervor
* Crook of Condemnation
* Dagger of the Worthy
* Desiccated Naga
* Decimator Beetle
* Devoted Crop-Mate
* Devotee of Strength
* Dune Diviner
* Dunes of the Dead
* Embalmer's Tools
* Faith of the Devoted
* Flameblade Adept
* Galestrike
* Gideon's Defeat
* Gift of Paradise
* Grasping Dunes
* Grim Strider
* Hapatra's Mark
* Imaginary Threats
* Inferno Jet
* Jace's Defeat
* Lay Bare the Heart
* Limits of Solidarity
* Manticore Eternal
* Merciless Eternal
* Nissa's Defeat
* Open into Wonder
* Overcome
* Quarry Beetle
* Razaketh's Rite
* Resolute Survivors
* Sacred Excavation
* Saving Grace
* Scaled Behemoth
* Seraph of the Suns
* Sinuous Striker
* Stir the Sands
* Tenacious Hunter
* Time to Reflect
* Torment of Scarabs
* Trueheart Duelist
* Trueheart Twins
* Unraveling Mummy
* Warfire Javelineer
* Weaver of Currents
* Zenith Seeker
* Vizier of the True

Common

* Act of Heroism
* Ambuscade
* Aven Reedstalker
* Benefaction of Rhonas
* Bitterblade Warrior
* Blazing Volley
* Brambleweft Behemoth
* Cancel
* Carrion Screecher
* Cinder Barrens
* Colossapede
* Cradle of the Accursed
* Cunning Survivor
* Cursed Minotaur
* Decision Paralysis
* Defiant Khenra
* Djeru's Renunciation
* Dutiful Servants
* Electrify
* Emberhorn Minotaur
* Fling
* Forsaken Sanctuary
* Foul Orchard
* Frilled Sandwalla
* Frontline Devastator
* Giant Spider
* Gift of Paradise
* Gift of Strength
* God-Pharaoh's Faithful
* Graceful Cat
* Granitic Titan
* Graven Abomination
* Grisly Survivor
* Harrier Naga
* Highland Lake
* Honed Khopesh
* Hyena Pack
* Illusory Wrappings
* Kindled Fury
* Lurching Rotbeast
* Luxa Rivershrine
* Manalith
* Manticore of the Gauntlet
* Meandering River
* Minotaur Sureshot
* Moaning Wall
* Mummy Paramount
* Painful Lesson
* Painted Bluffs
* Proven Combatant
* Rampaging Hippo
* Rhet-Crop Spearmaster
* River Serpent
* Ruin Rat
* Sandblast
* Scribe of the Mindful
* Scrounging of Souls
* Sparring Mummy
* Spidery Grasp
* Steadfast Sentinel
* Stone Quarry
* Submerged Boneyard
* Survivors' Encampment
* Tah-Crop Skirmisher
* Tattered Mummy
* Timber Gorge
* Torment of Venom
* Tragic Lesson
* Tranquil Expanse
* Traveler's Amulet
* Unsummon
* Unwavering Initiate
* Violent Impact
* Winged Shepherd
* Without Weakness
* Woodland Stream
* Wretched Camel

## References

1. ↑ Part of card link url
2. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (April 13, 2020). "MTG Arena: State of the Game – April 2020". *magicthegathering.com*. Wizards of the Coast.
3. ↑ ***a*** ***b*** ***c*** Wizards of the Coast (August 4, 2020). "MTG Arena: State of the Game – August 2020". *magicthegathering.com*. Wizards of the Coast.
4. ↑ MTG Arena: State of the Game – July 2020. *magicthegathering.com*. Wizards of the Coast (July 15, 2020]).
5. ↑ Chris Carter (August 10, 2020). "Exclusive: Here's a look at some new Amonkhet Remastered cards coming to Magic: Arena". Destructoid.com.