Magic: The Gathering’s subsequent set is just a few months away, and it is poised to be a wild journey. The set is titled March of the Machine, following Phyrexia: All Will Be One within the story of the Phyrexians invading the whole Magic multiverse, promising to alter Magic perpetually. 

March of the Machine is an occasion set, representing the fruits of the Phyrexian story arc that formally began with Dominaria United final fall, however will be traced all the best way again to Vorinclex’s look in Kaldheim in early 2021. Just like Conflict of the Spark, the narrative of this set options planeswalkers combating for the destiny of the multiverse — solely this time they’re joined by acquainted faces from all throughout the multiverse. 

This is all the things we learn about March of the Machine, together with previews of a number of the playing cards in the primary set and the varied commander units.

March of the Machine launch date

March of the Machine will probably be launched in shops on April 21, with pre-release occasions taking place the week earlier than. The set will probably be obtainable in MTG Enviornment on April 18. 

March of the Machine spoilers

We have included a number of the first spoilers beneath, however spoiler season formally begins March 29, with the total card picture gallery obtainable on April 5. 

March of the Machine story

The Phyrexians are invading all the things. All planes throughout the multiverse are beneath siege, and a few of its most storied defenders have already been turned to the villains’ facet, with Ajani, Jace, Nissa, Tamiyo and others having been compleated by the Phyrexians. Nonetheless, there’s one hero whose sacrifice in All Will Be One wasn’t as last because it appeared. 

That is proper, Elspeth is coming again! In Magic’s lore, the Phyrexians took over her house world of Capenna and imprisoned and tortured her, just for her to flee and re-encounter them on Mirrodin, so it is becoming that Elspeth ought to play an necessary half on this interplanar battle towards them. The official March of the Machine story will probably be launched on the Magic Story web site from March 16 to 19, with a March of the Machine: Aftermath story coming Could 1. There can even be a March of the Machine: Aftermath micro-set, which will probably be previewed Could 2 to three. Aftermath focuses on what comes subsequent for the characters and the multiverse.

We do not know precisely what the Phyrexian praetors will probably be doing (apart from invading the multiverse) in March of the Machine, however they appear to have particular plans in thoughts, as seen within the new (double-faced) Jin-Gitaxias card.

March of the Machine mechanics

Wizards hasn’t spelled out the mechanics of the brand new set, however one factor we have seen in preview playing cards is pairs of characters from totally different planes teaming as much as struggle the Phyrexian invasion. What sorts of pairings are we speaking about? How about vampire cleric Mavren Fein driving the big dinosaur Ghalta into battle on Ixalan? Or the fundamental Multani and the frog spirit Yargle becoming a member of forces on Dominaria? There’s even a team-up between one in every of Innistrad’s most noble protectors and its most iconic frog monster. (Frog theme confirmed?)

What in regards to the planeswalkers? 

The packaging for March of the Machine prominently options Chandra and Teferi, who weren’t on New Phyrexia when the opposite planeswalkers had been compleated. The artwork and taste textual content of Second of Reality additionally level to Elsepth’s return, and I can solely hope (and need and pray and beg) that the return entails a brand new planeswalker card for her.

March of the Machine Commander

There will probably be 5 commander decks launched with March of the Machine, and so they’re bringing again an previous, flavorful favourite sport kind: Planechase. Planechase enables you to journey via Magic’s multiverse throughout your video games, touchdown on new areas with distinctive results. Every new commander deck will include 5 new Planechase playing cards and 5 reprints. The names of the commander merchandise (and corresponding colour identities) are:

• Name for Backup (purple/inexperienced/white)
• Cavalry Cost (white/blue/black)
• Divine Convocation (blue/purple/white)
• Rising Risk (white/black)
• Tinker Time (inexperienced/blue/purple)

Supplemental units and card remedies

March of the Machine comes with playing cards from a non-Customary-legal bonus sheet, just like Strixhaven’s mystical archive, or The Brothers’ Conflict’s retro artifacts. These playing cards are known as Multiverse Legends

March of the Machine additionally options numerous showcase card remedies from the varied planes it visits, akin to Dominaria’s stained-glass look, the Theros constellation remedies, and the equinox card body from Innistrad. Multiverse Legends playing cards will probably be obtainable within the showcase card remedy from the characters’ house airplane.

You possibly can preorder March of the Machine out of your native sport retailer or from Amazon forward of its April 21 launch.