Shadows over Innistrad Remastered
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| Symbol description | Avacyn's collar morphing into Emrakul's tentacles. | ||||
| Release date | March 21, 2023 | ||||
| Plane | Innistrad | ||||
| Themes and mechanics | DFCs, Delirium | ||||
| Keywords/ability words | Skulk, Emerge, Escalate, Investigate, Madness and Meld | ||||
| Set size | 302 cards + 81 callbacks | ||||
| Expansion code | SIR[1] | ||||
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Shadows over Innistrad Remastered is a Magic Arena-specific reprint set that was released on March 21, 2023.[2][3][4][5]
Set details
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Shadows over Innistrad Remastered features the set-defining cards and iconic mechanics you remember from both Shadows over Innistrad and Eldritch Moon but with updated gameplay to make this a fun and fresh experience. The combined card count from across the two sets is 302 cards (including 15 lands), with a focus on the Limited play experience (Draft and Sealed), Pioneer, and continued support for Historic. 129 cards of Shadows over Innistrad and 85 of Eldritch Moon were not included in the set.
The following cards were released with new art: Bloodbriar, Crow of Dark Tidings, Drag Under, Galvanic Bombardment, Sigardian Priest, Tamiyo, Field Researcher and Ulvenwald Mysteries.
Shadows of the Past
As with Amonkhet Remastered, a series of 76 non-block cards with the expansion code SIS were distributed via a guaranteed slot in the boosters.[6] Because Shadows over Innistrad block was prior to the advent of Masterpiece Series, the bonus cards are instead from the original Innistrad block, which would otherwise be outside the purview of Explorer anthologies.
Wizards of the Coast experimented with a digital twist to the release of the Shadows of the Past bonus sheet: each week featured a different subset of the cards being available in Limited events.[7] The pool of drafters was maintained, so players could experience cross-sheet drafting. The four general themes were "Creature Type Terror" (tribal effects), "Fatal Flashback" (flashback spells), "Morbid And Macabre" (death and sacrifice triggers), and "Abominable All Stars" (other iconic spells, Mythics, has 24 cards). This release model was implemented as a work-around to the inclusion of common cards on the bonus sheet.[7] The distribution of commons required for limited gameplay meant that if the bonus sheet included a five-card common cycle, then only five rares could be included in the same distribution set. By having different weekly releases, and thus four different sets of bonus sheets, the limit on rares was reduced.
Packs bought from the store were not partitioned by theme or schedule and could have anything from the bonus sheet.
Mechanics
Mechanics in this block already on Arena include DFCs, Delirium, Investigate, Madness and Meld. From the original Innistrad block, Flashback, Morbid and Undying reappear.
Mechanics that are unique to Shadows over Innistrad block are Skulk, Emerge and Escalate. Though not a named mechanic, Emrakul, the Promised End's controlling another player effect is its first appearance on Arena, the programming of which made up a sizeable portion of the set's work[8] and was potentially a factor influencing the 28-month gap between Kaladesh Remastered and this set.
Changes in Rarity
Common to Uncommon
Uncommon to Common
- Bound by Moonsilver
- Drogskol Shieldmate
- Essence Flux
- Geist of the Archives
- Gisa's Bidding
- Liliana's Elite
- Morkrut Necropod
- Conduit of Storms
- Deranged Whelp
- Incendiary Flow
- Insatiable Gorgers
- Ravenous Bloodseeker
- Briarbridge Patrol
- Gnarlwood Dryad
- Moonlight Hunt
- Obsessive Skinner
- Weirding Wood
- Epitaph Golem
- Magnifying Glass
- Wild-Field Scarecrow
Rare to Uncommon
Rare to Common
Mythic Rare to Rare
References
- ↑ Scryfall set list
- ↑ Blake Rasmussen (October 4, 2022). "Kicking Off Magic's 30th Anniversary". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (October 4, 2022). "The article says it covers a whole set, but I assume it covers the whole block like the other Arena remastered sets?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (November 9, 2022). "MTG Arena: State of the Game – The Brothers' War". magicthegathering.com.
- ↑ Monthly Announcement Day (Video). Weekly MTG. YouTube (February 21, 2023).
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (March 13, 2023). "Shadows of the Past Card List and Schedule". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b Jiachen Tao (May 15, 2023). "Shadows of the Past: A New Way to Draft on MTG Arena". magicthegathering.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023.
- ↑ Ian Adams (March 20, 2023). "WhyI Decided Not To Do Emrakul, And How We Shipped It Anyway". magicthegathering.com.