Kaladesh Remastered Spoilers and Set Information

Last updated on January 3, 2024

Aether Hub | Illustration by Sam Burley

Coming on the heels of Amonkhet Remastered, we have another MTGA-only “remix” set from Wizards of the Coast. The last one offered an interesting and unique draft environment, distinct from either of the two sets that determined its card pool. Additionally it offered an influx of new and exciting cards into the Historic format.

Hopefully this set will work out just as nicely!

Kaladesh Remastered Basic Information

Set Details

Important Dates

Pioneer Masters was actually pushed back for this set—maybe even swapped on the development schedule. Apparently for Historic considerations.

We learned a lot from Amonkhet Remastered that we want to build on sooner rather than later.
We have a better idea of the power level of Historic in a post-Jumpstart, Amonkhet Remastered, and Mythic Invitational world, and we felt this was a good time to reintroduce Kaladesh and Aether Revolt to MTG Arena.
. . . It's still a step toward Pioneer!

Kaladesh Remastered will indeed be adding a lot of new and exciting cards for Historic. Here's just one example to whet your appetite:

New Cards

So far we've only seen two new cards—that weren't included in the mainline releases—being added to Kaladesh Remastered. Two is kind of a strange number (and suspiciously low), but here they are:

Pendulum of Patterns appears to be an interesting card that was added from the Aether Revolt Planeswalker Decks to help out the draft format, having a similar role to the Puzzleknots.

Sculpting Steel, on the other hand, is quite a different matter and clearly looks to be a seed for Historic.

The Invention/Masterpiece border is intriguing — hopefully we will get an explanation for it.

Missing Cards

Of course, I know y'all have to be mad about something as Magic players, so this set's “cause celebre” is the notable absence of some of the most overpowered cards from Kaladesh block past.

Felidar Guardian

Felidar Guardian is missing, so there will be no copycat combo in Historic.

Smuggler's Copter

Smuggler's Copter is a “why wouldn't I include it?” undercosted threat that slots nicely into (too?) many aggro decks.

Walking Ballista

And finally, Walking Ballista is a combo-enabler and mana sink extraordinaire that goes infinite with Heliod, Sun-Crowned.

Overall, it looks like Wizards is trying to create a distinctly different identity for Historic by omitting these Pioneer staples.

Renegade Freighter

In contrast to the constructed cards above, here's one that I doubt anyone is complaining about: Renegade Freighter. This overpowered colorless common was created to showcase the sexy new vehicle mechanic in a powerfully obvious (as in, pound-you-over-the-head obvious) way.

It created a miserable dynamic in the Kaladesh draft format, being a too-powerful must-pick common that was impossible to beat when your opponent was on the play. I say good riddance!

Mechanics

Energy

Rogue Refiner | Illustration by Victor Adame Minguez

Probably the most memorable of all the Kaladesh brokenness, energy decks dominated Standard after the set's release.

Energy gives you an alternate resource (represented by that energy symbol) that you track just like you would keep track of your life total.

You can then spend energy to get extra effects on spells or creatures.

Vehicles / Crew

Skysovereign, Consul Flagship | Illustration by Jung Park

When Kaladesh was released, Wizards mentioned that they had wanted to capture the flavor of “a creature getting inside a vehicle” for a long time, and they had finally come up with this implementation.

The vehicle starts as an inert artifact that cannot attack or block (despite the power and toughness listed on the card) unless it's crewed.

To “crew” a vehicle, you tap creatures with combined power greater than or equal to the crew number. The vehicle is then “animated” and can attack and block like a creature.

Keep in mind that you can crew a vehicle using a creature with summoning sickness. Also, if the vehicle dies, the creature(s) crewing it do not die.

Fabricate

Angel of Invention | Illustration by Volkan Baga

Fabricate is a cool mechanic, especially for limited, because it gives you some interesting options.

To fabricate, you get to put some number of +1/+1 counters on a creature or create that number of 1/1 artifact Servo tokens.

So for Angel of Invention below, it either comes into play with two +1/+1 counters, or you get to make two Servos that will get pumped by its anthem effect.

Revolt

Renegade Rallier | Illustration by Kieran Yanner

The flagship mechanic of Aether Revolt, revolt simply means “if a permanent you control left the battlefield this turn, do X.”

Sometimes that's bringing a creature back into play like with Renegade Rallier, sometimes it's making a token, and other times it's enhancing the effect of a spell like Fatal Push.

Revolt can apply both on your turn and your opponent's turn and works particularly well with fetch lands.

Improvise

If the artifact theme wasn't clear enough to you, here's one that screams “put more artifacts in your deck.” Improvise taps artifacts you have in play to reduce the casting cost of spells by for each artifact you tap.

Kaladesh Remastered Full Gallery

White

Aerial Responder	Aeronaut Admiral	Aether Inspector	Aetherstorm Roc
Airdrop Aeronauts	Alley Evasion	Angel of Invention	Audacious Infiltrator
Authority of the Consuls	Aviary Mechanic	Built to Last	Cataclysmic Gearhulk
Cataclysmic Gearhulk	Conviction	Countless Gears Renegade	Dawnfeather Eagle
Eddytrail Hawk	Fairgrounds Warden	Fragmentize	Fumigate
Gearshift Ace	Glint-Sleeve Artisan	Herald of the Fair	Impeccable Timing
Inspired Charge	Master Trinketeer	Propeller Pioneer	Refurbish
Restoration Specialist	Revoke Privileges	Servo Exhibition	Servo Exhibition
Skywhaler's Shot	Sram, Senior Edificer	Sram's Expertise	Thopter Arrest
Toolcraft Exemplar	Visionary Augmenter	Wispweaver Angel

Blue

Aether Meltdown	Aether Swooper	Aether Theorist	Aether Tradewinds
Baral, Chief of Compliance	Baral's Expertise	Ceremonious Rejection	Confiscation Coup
Disallow	Era of Innovation	Gearseeker Serpent	Glimmer of Genius
Glint-Nest Crane	Hinterland Drake	Ice Over	Illusionist's Stratagem
Leave in the Dust	Malfunction	Metallic Rebuke	Metallurgic Summonings
Minister of Inquiries	Nimble Innovator	Padeem, Consul of Innovation	Paradoxical Outcome
Revolutionary Rebuff	Select for Inspection	Shielded Aether Thief	Shipwreck Moray
Shrewd Negotiation	Skyship Plunderer	Tezzeret's Ambition	Thriving Turtle
Torrential Gearhulk	Torrential Gearhulk	Trophy Mage	Weldfast Wingsmith
Wind-Kin Raiders	Whir of Invention

Black

Aether Poisoner	Aetherborn Marauder	Alley Strangler	Daring Demolition
Defiant Salvager	Demon of Dark Schemes	Die Young	Embraal Bruiser
Essence Extraction	Fatal Push	Fatal Push	Fen Hauler
Fortuitous Find	Foundry Hornet	Foundry Screecher	Fourth Bridge Prowler
Fretwork Colony	Gifted Aetherborn	Glint-Sleeve Siphoner	Gonti, Lord of Luxury
Herald of Anguish	Live Fast	Lost Legacy	Make Obsolete
Marionette Master	Maulfist Squad	Midnight Oil	Mind Rot
Night Market Aeronaut	Night Market Lookout	Noxious Gearhulk	Noxious Gearhulk
Rush of Vitality	Sly Requisitioner	Subtle Strike	Underhanded Designs
Vengeful Rebel	Weaponcraft Enthusiast	Yahenni, Undying Partisan	Yahenni's Expertise

Red

Aether Chaser	Aethertorch Renegade	Built to Smash	Cathartic Reunion
Chandra, Torch of Defiance	Chandra's Pyrohelix	Chandra's Revolution	Combustible Gearhulk
Combustible Gearhulk	Destructive Tampering	Enraged Giant	Fateful Showdown
Freejam Regent	Frontline Rebel	Furious Reprisal	Harnessed Lightning
Hijack	Hungry Flames	Indomitable Creativity	Inventor's Apprentice
Invigorated Rampage	Kari Zev, Skyship Raider	Kari Zev's Expertise	Lathnu Sailback
Pia Nalaar	Precise Strike	Quicksmith Genius	Quicksmith Rebel
Ravenous Intruder	Reckless Fireweaver	Ruinous Gremlin	Salivating Gremlins
Scrapper Champion	Siege Modification	Skyship Stalker	Speedway Fanatic
Spireside Infiltrator	Sweatworks Brawler	Welding Sparks

Green

Appetite for the Unnatural	Arborback Stomper	Armorcraft Judge	Attune with Aether
Blossoming Defense	Bristling Hydra	Commencement of Festivities	Creeping Mold
Druid of the Cowl	Greenbelt Rampager	Heroic Intervention	Highspire Artisan
Highspire Infusion	Hunt the Weak	Kujar Seedsculptor	Lifecraft Cavalry
Longtusk Cub	Maulfist Revolutionary	Monstrous Onslaught	Narnam Renegade
Nature's Way	Nissa, Vital Force	Ornamental Courage	Oviya Pashiri, Sage Lifecrafter
Peema Aether-Seer	Peema Outrider	Ridgescale Tusker	Riparian Tiger
Rishkar, Peema Renegade	Rishkar's Expertise	Sage of Shaila's Claim	Servant of the Conduit
Thriving Rhino	Unbridled Growth	Verdurous Gearhulk	Verdurous Gearhulk
Wild Wanderer	Wildest Dreams

Multicolor

Ajani Unyielding	Cloudblazer	Contraband Kingpin	Dark Intimations
Depala, Pilot Exemplar	Dovin Baan	Empyreal Voyager	Engineered Might
Hazardous Conditions	Hidden Stockpile	Kambal, Consul of Allocation	Maverick Thopterist
Oath of Ajani	Outland Boar	Rashmi, Eternities Crafter	Renegade Rallier
Renegade Rallier	Renegade Wheelsmith	Restoration Gearsmith	Rogue Refiner
Saheeli Rai	Spire Patrol	Tezzeret the Schemer	Tezzeret's Touch
Unlicensed Disintegration	Veteran Motorist	Voltaic Brawler	Weldfast Engineer
Whirler Virtuoso	Winding Constrictor

Artifact

Aetherflux Reservoir	Aethersphere Harvester	Aetherworks Marvel	Animation Module
Ballista Charger	Barricade Breaker	Bastion Mastodon	Bomat Bazaar Barge
Bomat Courier	Chief of the Foundry	Cogworker's Puzzleknot	Consulate Skygate
Consulate Turret	Cultivator's Caravan	Daredevil Dragster	Decoction Module
Demolition Stomper	Dukhara Peafowl	Dynavolt Tower	Eager Construct
Electrostatic Pummeler	Fabrication Module	Filigree Familiar	Fireforger's Puzzleknot
Foundry Inspector	Heart of Kiran	Hope of Ghirapur	Implement of Examination
Implement of Malice	Inventor's Goggles	Irontread Crusher	Key to the City
Lifecrafter's Bestiary	Merchant's Dockhand	Metallic Mimic	Metalwork Colossus
Mobile Garrison	Narnam Cobra	Ornithopter	Ornithopter
Ovalchase Dragster	Pacification Array	Panharmonicon	Paradox Engine
Paradox Engine	Peacewalker Colossus	Pendulum of Patterns	Planar Bridge
Planar Bridge	Prakhata Pillar-Bug	Prophetic Prism	Renegade Map
Reservoir Walker	Scrap Trawler	Scrapheap Scrounger	Sculpting Steel
Self-Assembler	Servo Schematic	Sky Skiff	Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
Universal Solvent	Untethered Express	Weldfast Monitor	Whirlermaker
Workshop Assistant	Woodweaver's Puzzleknot

Lands

Plains	Plains	Plains
Island	Island	Island
Swamp	Swamp	Swamp
Forest	Forest	Forest
Mountain	Mountain	Mountain
Aether Hub	Aether Hub	Blooming Marsh
Botanical Sanctum	Concealed Courtyard	Inspiring Vantage
Inventors' Fair	Spire of Industry	Spirebluff Canal

Products Available

Other than drafts, sealed, and purchases of packs in the MTGA store, you'll also be able to buy a bundle in the store that gives you a discount on certain items and some exclusive swag.

For $29.99 USD, Wizards is selling:

• 10 packs of Kaladesh Remastered
• 3 draft tokens
• 4 copies of Aether Hub
• Alternate art Aether Hub card style

With a brand new draft format, exciting new cards for Historic, and the seeds sown for Pioneer, Kaladesh Remastered looks to be a welcome follow-up to Zendikar Rising that should tide us over until the release of the next mainline set, Kaldheim.