Is Kaladesh Remastered available in paper?

No. Kaladesh Remastered is an MTG Arena-exclusive set. It was never printed as physical booster packs. If you want the cards for paper play, you'll need the original Kaladesh and Aether Revolt sets.

How many cards are in Kaladesh Remastered?

Kaladesh Remastered contains 301 cards: 104 commons, 97 uncommons, 63 rares, 22 mythic rares, and 15 basic lands. 12 of these cards appear with two different illustrations.

What formats does Kaladesh Remastered support on MTG Arena?

Kaladesh Remastered supports Limited (Draft and Sealed), Pioneer, and Historic on MTG Arena. Cards from KLR are legal in Pioneer and Historic constructed formats.

What mechanics are in Kaladesh Remastered?

Kaladesh Remastered brings back Energy counters, Crew, Fabricate, Improvise, and Revolt — all from the original Kaladesh and Aether Revolt sets, updated to fit MTG Arena's interface.

Why aren't the Kaladesh Inventions Masterpieces in Kaladesh Remastered?

R&D deliberately excluded the Kaladesh Inventions (the Masterpiece Series from the original sets) because they felt adding those cards would push the set's power level too high. The only exception is Sculpting Steel, which is available as a Buy-a-Box style promo but not in booster packs.

When was Kaladesh Remastered released?

Kaladesh Remastered was released on November 12, 2020, on MTG Arena. It was the second Remastered set released on Arena, following Amonkhet Remastered in August 2020.

Kaladesh Remastered (KLR): The Complete Set Guide

Some sets get a second life. Kaladesh Remastered is the MTG Arena-exclusive reprint set that brought the inventive, energy-powered world of Kaladesh back to players' fingertips - rebuilt from the ground up for Arena's ecosystem and released on November 12, 2020.

Rather than a straight port of two sets, this is a curated experience: the best and most iconic cards from both Kaladesh and Aether Revolt, shaped into something that works cleanly for Draft, Sealed, Pioneer, and Historic all at once.

What is Kaladesh Remastered?

Kaladesh Remastered (set code: KLR) is an MTG Arena-specific reprint set, meaning it exists only on Arena and was never sold as physical booster packs in stores. Its job is to bring two original sets into Arena's card pool in a form that's been tuned for the platform.

The set contains 301 cards drawn from across Kaladesh and Aether Revolt, broken down as follows:

| Rarity | Count | |---|---| | Common | 104 | | Uncommon | 97 | | Rare | 63 | | Mythic Rare | 22 | | Basic Lands | 15 |

12 cards appear with two different illustrations, which is a nice touch for a set that's celebrating some of Magic's most beloved artwork.

Cards are obtainable through Arena boosters, Limited events (both Sealed and Draft), and by crafting with Wildcards.

Themes and mechanics

Kaladesh Remastered carries forward the full mechanical identity of the original block - the smell of aether in the air, the hum of artifact engines, the ingenuity of Kaladesh's artificers. While the mechanics are familiar to anyone who played the originals, R&D made adjustments to fit Arena's updated look and feel.

The returning mechanics are:

Energy counters (marked with ⚡ on Arena) - a resource you accumulate and spend across turns, separate from mana
Crew - pay a power cost by tapping your creatures to animate a Vehicle artifact into a creature
Fabricate - when a creature with Fabricate enters the battlefield, choose between putting +1/+1 counters on it or creating Servo artifact creature tokens
Improvise - tap your artifacts to help pay for spells, essentially letting your artifact collection fund your card costs
Revolt - abilities that gain bonus effects if a permanent you controlled left the battlefield this turn

Together these mechanics create a format that rewards building an artifact ecosystem, generating resources over time, and thinking carefully about the order you play and sacrifice your permanents. Energy in particular is a mechanic that asks you to plan several turns ahead - it's more like managing a second budget than playing individual cards.

Limited and Draft

R&D's explicit focus for Kaladesh Remastered was the Limited play experience, and the card selection reflects that. The 301-card set was deliberately curated from across both Kaladesh and Aether Revolt with Draft and Sealed in mind, rather than simply combining every card from the original sets.

The mechanics lend themselves well to a deep draft format. Energy rewards synergy-building across a whole deck, Fabricate offers meaningful in-draft choices between going wide with Servos or going tall with counters, and Revolt creates interesting sequencing decisions around your own permanents.

Format check: Kaladesh Remastered Limited is available on MTG Arena as both Sealed and Draft. It is not available in paper.

Notable cards and set construction

Kaladesh Remastered was built with an eye on power level. R&D described the card pool as containing "very powerful cards and mechanics" for both Limited and Constructed - and they were deliberate about not pushing further.

One notable decision: Masterpiece Series: Kaladesh Inventions - the gorgeous, sought-after premium artifact reprints that were part of the original Kaladesh booster experience - were intentionally left out. R&D felt that adding Inventions or other cards from Magic's past would push the power level too far for comfort.

The one exception is Sculpting Steel, which functions as the set's "Buy-a-Box" promo equivalent on Arena. Similar to how Regal Caracal was handled in Amonkhet Remastered, Sculpting Steel is available when purchasing certain booster bundles and can be crafted with Wildcards - but it does not appear in booster packs.

Rules note: Sculpting Steel is an artifact that copies any artifact on the battlefield when it enters. It's a flexible and powerful card, which is presumably part of why it was chosen for the promo slot rather than dropped into the main set.

Supported formats

Kaladesh Remastered feeds into two of Arena's most important Constructed formats:

Pioneer - the original Kaladesh and Aether Revolt sets are Pioneer-legal, and KLR makes those cards accessible to Arena players building Pioneer decks
Historic - Arena's non-rotating Constructed format absorbs KLR cards directly, making the energy package and artifact synergies available to Historic builders

Because KLR is Arena-exclusive, it has no impact on paper formats like Modern or Legacy - for those, the original Kaladesh and Aether Revolt cards are what matter.

Lore and setting

Kaladesh Remastered draws on the story and worldbuilding of the original Kaladesh block, set on the plane of Kaladesh - a world of aether-powered invention, bustling cities, and a culture that celebrates artistry and engineering in equal measure.

The original block told the story of Chandra Nalaar returning to her home plane, the Consulate's authoritarian crackdown on independent inventors, and the resistance movement - the Gatewatch's involvement included - that pushed back. It's one of Magic's warmer planes in terms of visual identity: brass and copper filigree, glowing aether pipelines, intricate clockwork creatures.

KLR doesn't add new story content, but the card art and flavour text carry all of that world's energy forward.

Set legacy

Kaladesh Remastered sits in an interesting spot in Arena's history. It followed Amonkhet Remastered (released August 2020) as the second of Arena's "Remastered" sets - a format that let Wizards thoughtfully reconstruct older blocks for the platform rather than dumping everything in at once.

The energy mechanic in particular has a significant competitive legacy. Energy decks from the original Kaladesh block were among the most dominant in their Standard era, and some energy cards have faced scrutiny in other formats. KLR made those cards available to Historic, which shaped that format's development.

For players who missed Kaladesh the first time around, or who want to experience what many consider one of Magic's most mechanically interesting blocks in a polished Limited environment, Kaladesh Remastered remains a satisfying entry point. ✨