Unwanted Remake
Instant
Destroy target creature. Its controller manifests dread. (That player looks at the top two cards of their library, then puts one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into their graveyard. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #4360
Unwanted Remake destroys a nonland permanent and replaces it with a 1/1 — giving your opponent a consolation token they probably don't want while you answer their best threat. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal turns that token directly into fuel, making the "downside" part of the engine rather than a concession.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal
Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal wants opponents to have creatures to sacrifice, and Unwanted Remake manufactures one on demand — destroy their Thran Dynamo, hand them a 1/1, then Victor immediately converts it into a horror token or triggers a sacrifice payoff.
The Jolly Balloon Man
The Jolly Balloon Man cares about foretelling and casting spells that generate value along the way; Unwanted Remake fits the curve as cheap interactive fodder, and the token it creates can be exploited by the go-wide payoffs The Jolly Balloon Man typically accompanies.
Kykar, Zephyr Awakener
Kykar, Zephyr Awakener builds around noncreature spells generating tokens, and Unwanted Remake doubles as removal and token production in a single card — the 1/1 it hands the opponent can also become a target for sacrifice effects or damage-based payoffs Kykar decks typically run.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Unwanted Remake occupies the niche of removal that hedges — you answer a threat but leave behind a body, which matters far less in a four-player game where tempo swings are diluted and the token rarely changes the board state meaningfully. Competitive Commander largely ignores it in favor of unconditional answers like Swords to Plowshares or Generous Gift that don't hand back anything. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer it's almost certainly too slow and too symmetry-breaking to see play, where giving your opponent a free creature is a real cost. Standard is the most plausible home if a specific token-sacrifice synergy lines up, but even there Unwanted Remake is competing against cleaner removal at the same mana value.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Unwanted Remake is bulk — low floor, low ceiling, and the kind of card you pick up in a trade binder without thinking twice. Don't expect that price to move; it fills a narrow role and there's no shortage of copies.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.