Tempest Remastered

Tempest Remastered
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Set Information
Set symbol
Symbol description	A combination of the symbols of the Tempest block
Design	Adam Prosak (lead) Dan Emmons
Development	Ian Duke (lead) Bryan Hawley Tom LaPille Ryan Spain
Art direction	Matt Wilson
Release date	May 6, 2015
Themes and mechanics	en-Kor, Flowstone, Spikes, Slivers
Keywords/​ability words	Buyback, Shadow
Set size	269 (15 mythic rares, 53 rares, 80 uncommons, 101 commons, 20 basic lands)
Expansion code	TPR
Magic Online Masters series
[[Vintage Masters]] '''Tempest Remastered''' N/A
Magic: The Gathering Chronology
[[Dragons of Tarkir]] Tempest Remastered [[Modern Masters 2015]]

Tempest Remastered is a Magic Online-only reprint set that was released on May 6, 2015. It was available until May 27, 2015, but was expected to return on a later date.

Description

Tempest Remastered was intended to support the Legacy format, and got sought-after cards into the hands of players. It did not perform as well as Wizards of the Coast had hoped.

For Tempest Remastered, R&D revisited the Tempest block. The 621 cards from Tempest, Stronghold and Exodus were reduced to the best 269 and the best playing archetypes. The set contains 101 commons, 80 uncommons, 53 rares, 15 mythic rares, and 20 basic lands. There's no new art, but the cards have received new card frames. Several rarity shifts allowed for a better draft environment. Green received lots of rarity downshifts because it was easily the worst color in the original set. On the other hand, a couple of strong red and black creature-removal spells were removed. The Licids were considered a failure, and didn't make it either. Cycles (e.g. Slivers) were broken up.

Because digital isn't bound by the Reserved List, Tempest Remastered was able to feature 22 cards from that list. Excluding basic lands, the set contained 143 cards from Tempest, 58 from Stronghold and 48 from Exodus.

Booster packs

Tempest Remastered was available in booster pack form, with each booster retailing for $3.99. Each pack contained:

• 10 commons
• 3 uncommons
• 1 rare or mythic rare
• 1 basic land

Each pack had a chance at a premium card replacing one of the common slots, with the same odds as other Magic booster packs.

Cycles

Tempest Remastered has three complete cycles:

Cycle name
Allied-color Slivers	Crystalline Sliver	Hibernation Sliver	Acidic Sliver	Spined Sliver	Victual Sliver
	Each of these uncommon 2/2 Sliver creatures has a converted mana cost of 2 that requires two allied colors of mana to pay.
Slow lands	Thalakos Lowlands	Rootwater Depths	Cinder Marsh	Mogg Hollows	Vec Townships
	Each of these uncommon dual lands can be tapped for or one mana of two allied colors; if tapped for the latter, it doesn't untap during your next untap step.
Cycle name
Enemy-color tap-pain lands	Salt Flats	Caldera Lake	Pine Barrens	Scabland	Skyshroud Forest
	Each of these rare lands comes into play tapped and can be tapped for or one mana of two enemy colors; if tapped for the latter, it deals 1 damage to you.

Changes in rarity

Compared to the cards in the original Tempest block.