MTG | The Gathering’s March of the Machine makes final stand

Wizards of the Coast recently released March of the Machine, the latest set for the world’s greatest trading card game, Magic: The Gathering. The final installment to the four-part Phyrexian storyline, March of the Machine, see players team up with Legendary creatures and Planeswalkers from all across the Multiverse to battle against the Phyrexian invasion. The set launched for the tabletop on April 21, 2023.

Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines and leader of the Phyrexian army, has amassed a force to take over the entire Multiverse at once. She now expanded her reach to bring the glory of New Phyrexia to other planes in an attempt to complete all beings.

Rallied by a heroic team of Planeswalkers, Legends from across all planes of existence must team up to fight the Phyrexian scourge. Popular characters from across Magic’s history banded together for the final fight with the fate of their world – and all other worlds – on the line.

March of the Machine features several new mechanics, the most exciting being a brand new card type – Battle. Battles are a new type of dual-faced card: when you play a Battle, you pick an opponent to protect it. Similarly to Planeswalkers, Battles can be damaged or attacked, and when they are defeated, flip into a powerful new card for free. This is the first new card type since the debut of Planeswalkers in 2007. With that, players can look forward to an exciting new gameplay experience.

Another feature is the creature-based mechanic, Backup. Backup allows players to add +1/+1 counters to creatures and gain additional abilities based on the creature giving the counter. Fans of the Phyrexian armada will also get to play with Incubators – artifacts that enter with a number of +1/+1 counters and can be turned into creatures by paying two mana.

Both Jumpstart and Commander product lines return for March of the Machine with five exciting themes for Commander decks:
● Phyrexian Cats
● Zhalfir Knights
● Shaman Creatures
● Convoke Angels
● Gremlin Artifacts

Five new Jumpstart booster themes will also be introduced:
● Brood
● Overachiever
● Expendable
● Reinforcement
● Buff

To capture the battles happening all across the Multiverse, March of the Machine feature the most number of showcase art styles to date. All showcase frames from recent sets feature in March of the Machine alongside several brand-new frames to represent additional planes. These showcase frames primarily focus on Multiverse Legends: Teams of Legendary creatures who are fighting against the Phyrexian invasion.

Additionally, a new type of foiling process featured in the set. The new Halo Foil pattern appear for Multiverse Legends cards in Collector Boosters only. Lastly, the 30th-anniversary celebrations continue for Magic with three more unique promo cards released in WPN stores to celebrate the launch of March of the Machine.

March of the Machine is available as Draft Boosters, Set Boosters, Collector Boosters, Jumpstart Boosters, Welcome Boosters, Commander decks, Bundles, and a Secret Lair.

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