Ever since the release of Time Spiral Remastered in 2021, Wizards has been pretty regularly putting out cool Remastered sets. These releases are remixes of multiple expansions into one singular set, bringing together interesting idea you might never have thought possible.

WotC kicked off 2024 with a timely revisitation to the beloved plane of Ravnica with the third paper Remastered release: Ravnica Remastered. This compiled cards from all nine sets that took place on the city-plane, while also pulling some cards from secondary releases like core sets and Commander decks. A set like this boasts tons of powerful cards, and as such is bound to contain no shortage of awesome mythics.

You know the drill by now, let's get to ranking them!

Oh, and before we get into the rankings, I did want to call out these three cards. They weren't in the main set and were instead a handful of Collector Booster exclusives. As such, I'm excluding them from the list, but they're cool inclusions all the same. None are terribly notable given either a lack of playability or multiple reprints, but it was still cool to get some nice retro-frame versions of these cards.

Now then, let's get onto the actual list:

• 20. Aurelia, Exemplar of Justice
• 19. Gideon Blackblade
• 18. Domri Rade
• 17. Ral Zarek
• 16. Dark Confidant
• 15. Master of Cruelties
• 14. Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
• 13. Ilharg, the Raze-Boar
• 12. Protean Hulk
• 11. Liliana, Dreadhorde General

10. Divine Visitation

Players love a good token doubler, but what about a card that turns your tokens into giant evasive threats? This made Divine Visitation a red hot card when it comes to casual formats like Commander where tokens are everywhere. Simply use something like Sprout Swarm and suddenly you're making 4/4 angels with ease. The only thing keeping this from reaching the same heights as some other Commander staples in this set was the fact that it also had just seen a reprint fairly recently thanks to Double Masters 2022.

9. Teferi, Time Raveler

An interesting factoid going into this list, as you'll soon see, is that it's pretty Commander heavy. That's because most of the mythics that see active competitive play were rares previously and didn't cost all that much to begin with. That or you have something like Dark Confidant which was reprinted multiple times and fell out of favor.

Teferi, Time Raveler is a great example of this. By the time it was reprinted here in Ravnica Remastered, the card had been banned in Pioneer and was on a downward trend in Modern. As a result, it was only about $10-11 when the reprint came about, which is pretty modest for a playable staple. It also saw two more printings within the year, which would only serve to lower the price that much more, making this a fine, if surprisingly unexciting reprint.

8. Utvara Hellkite

Utvara Hellkite is a great example of a card that was laughed at when it came out but became beloved over time by casuals. After all, who doesn't love using a big dragon that can make more big dragons with ease? Personally, I was a big fan of Dragon Roost back in the day, so if that card was beloved, it's not hard to see why this one was so beloved. A lack of reprints caused its price to get rather high, making this reprint huge for casual fans looking to get copies.

7. Lord of the Void

Back when I did my mythic rankings for Gatecrash, I noted how I ranked the card lower given its reception at the time of printing, which was low. It felt like a pretty big dud and was largely disliked. Time proved quite kind to it, however, and demand for it slowly grew as the years went on, leading to it getting quite pricey. As such, it made for a great inclusion here in Ravnica Remastered, even coming in well above several of its contemporaries.

6. Karn, the Great Creator

Karn has proven to be a staple for just about every format he sees play in. His continued uses in Modern and Legacy have made him essential, making an inclusion in here welcome, even if the upshift to mythic wasn't the most thrilling proposition. Funnily enough, the inclusion here was dampened a bit due to the card being banned in Pioneer barely a month before the set was released, or else it would probably be much higher on this list.

5. Karlov of the Ghost Council

Karlov is another great example of a card that looks modest price-wise, but was actually quite costly around this time! With only one serious printing in the long out of print Commander 2015, lifegain enthusiasts were itching to get more copies for a decent price. The recent judge foil printing in 2021 helped a little, but hardly enough to put a huge dent in the card's accessibility for many. Thus, this proved to be a huge reprint for casual players everywhere.

4. Guardian Project

Guardian Project is another great example of a Commander staple that slowly crept up over time. It was constantly popular ever since it was printed, but at the time Ravnica Allegiance came out, it flew a bit under the radar - especially when compared to Smothering Tithe. As time went on, though, it was a much demanded card with a pretty sizable price tag and remained essential for just about any Green Commander list. The reprint was diminished a little with Fallout giving it another reprint shortly after, but at the time this was easily a top tier reprint.

3. Cyclonic Rift

I mean, come on, it's Cyclonic Rift. Need I really say more? The only reason this didn't make the top placement on this list is that it had already seen a few reprints in the past few years between Double Masters and Commander Masters. Nevertheless, this Commander staple is one of the most in-demand cards possible, and there's never enough to go around.

2. Cloudstone Curio

With how much you can get a Cloudstone Curio for now, you might think it's weird to put this over Cyclonic Rift. However, you really need the context leading to the reprint here. Prior to this, the card only had two real prints: the original Ravnica: City of Guilds release and a box topper for The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth. Prior to the latter release, the card was going for upwards of $60! The combination of a trickle effect as more box toppers entered circulation and speculation of a reprint in this set brought it to around $30 by the time this set came out, but it was seriously hurting for a major injection of supply for Commander combo players to enjoy.

1. Bruvac the Grandiloquent

Of all the cards on this list, this isn't exactly what I'd have expected to be number one. However, the demand proved to be pretty intense for Bruvac ever since his initial printing in Jumpstart. This led to him boasting a $40+ price tag and being difficult to acquire for many would-be Commander fans. Even after this reprint crashed the price for a short bit, it's since gone even higher, reaching nearly $50 for a copy. Just goes to show how much a simple and straightforward commander being reprinted can do for the game!

Paige Smith

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