Commander decks
| March of the Machine Commander decks | |||||
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| Symbol description | Elesh Norn's head before a shield[1] | ||||
| Design | Ethan Fleischer (lead), Glenn Jones, Scott Larabee, Noah Millrod, Annie Sardelis [2] | ||||
| Release date | April 21st, 2023 | ||||
| Plane | Multiversal | ||||
| Themes and mechanics | Planechase cards | ||||
| Set size | 5 100-card decks | ||||
| Expansion code | MOC[3] | ||||
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Expansion symbol
The March of the Machine Commander Decks are released together with March of the Machine. These are meant to be on-ramps to Commander, with a few new cards and the rest reprints.[4]
Description[ | ]
March of the Machine Commander cards with the expansion code MOC and numbered #1–79 (and their alternate versions numbered #80–138) are permitted in the Commander, Legacy, and Vintage formats. Returning cards with the expansion code MOC and numbered 139–444 are legal for play in any format that already allows those cards.[5]
As a special feature, these Commander decks feature Planechase cards (#47-71, #139-163).[4] Each deck has 5 new Plane cards, 4 reprint Plane cards and 1 reprint Phenomenon.[6]
Contents[ | ]
Each package contains:
- 1 Display Commander card
- 10 Planechase cards
- 1 foil-Etched Commander
- 1 additional foil Legendary card
- 98 regular cards
- 10 double-sided tokens
- 1 deck box
- 1 life wheel
- 1 special dice
- 1 Collector Booster Sample Pack (2 cards)
Additional contents[ | ]
A special set of cards with the MOC set code can only be found in Set Boosters, Collector Boosters (#72-79 / #80-87) and as prerelease promos in Prerelease Packs (#445-447 / #448-450).[7] They aren't found in the March of the Machine commander decks. These are only are permitted in the Commander, Legacy, and Vintage formats. These cards are:
- Booster cards
- Infernal Sovereign
- Firemane Commando
- Elspeth’s Talent
- Teferi’s Talent
- Liliana’s Talent
- Rowan’s Talent
- Vivien’s Talent
- Begin the Invasion
- Prerelease promos
Reprints with new art[ | ]
- Cloud of Faeries
- Distant Melody
- Hero of Bladehold
- Kher Keep
- Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
- Yawgmoth’s Vile Offering
Cycles[ | ]
March of the Machine Commander has two cycles of cards:
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| Paths | Path of the Ghosthunter | Path of the Enigma | Path of the Schemer | Path of the Pyromancer | Path of the Animist |
| Five monocolored rare sorceries with will of planeswalkers ability. | |||||
| Talents | Elspeth’s Talent (Elspeth, Sun's Champion) |
Teferi’s Talent (Teferi, Temporal Archmage) |
Liliana’s Talent (Liliana Vess) |
Rowan’s Talent (The Royal Scions) |
Vivien’s Talent (Vivien Reid) |
| Five monocolored rare Enchantments with "Enchant planeswalker" that grant the enchanted planeswalker the loyalty ability of a previous eponymous planeswalker as well as a bonus static ability. Noticeably, the referenced planeswalker card is the first appearance of the associated planeswalker type in an expansion set. The only exception is Elspeth Tirel; the loyalty ability is drawn from her third appearance Elspeth, Sun's Champion, rather than her first card, Elspeth, Knight-Errant from Shards of Alara. It could also have been from Elspeth Tirel's -2 ability, given that Teferi's Talent also changes the loyalty cost from -10 to -12. | |||||
Growing Threat[ | ]
A 
deck focusing on Phyrexians.
Growing Threat
The new cards are:
- Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos
- Moira and Teshar
- Blight Titan
- Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus
- Darksteel Splicer
- Excise the Imperfect
- Filigree Vector
- Path of the Schemer
- Vulpine Harvester
- Ichor Elixir
The planar cards are:
- Esper
- Ketria
- Naktamun
- Nyx
- Panopticon
- Spatial Merging
- The Aether Flues
- The Great Forest
- The Pit
- Undercity Reaches
Cards printed in March of the Machine, and therefore having that set symbol and code, are:
The double-sided tokens are:[8]
- 1×
3/3 Phyrexian Golem artifact creature // */* Phyrexian Horror artifact creature - 1× 3/3 Phyrexian Golem artifact creature // 6/12 Construct artifact creature with trample
- 1× double-faced Incubator artifact // 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature (0016)
- 1× double-faced Incubator artifact // 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature (0017)
- 1× double-faced Incubator artifact // 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature (0018)
- 2×
0/0 Phyrexian Germ creature // 1/1 Myr artifact creature - 3× 3/3 Angel creature with flying // 6/6 Demon creature with flying, trample, and "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice another creature. If you can't, this creature deals 6 damage to you. "
Cavalry Charge[ | ]
A 
deck, themed around Knights.
Cavalry Charge
The new cards are:
- Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
- Elenda and Azor
- Chivalric Alliance
- Conjurer's Mantle
- Exsanguinator Cavalry
- Herald of Hoofbeats
- Ichor Elixir
- Locthwain Lancer
- Path of the Enigma
- Vodalian Wave-Knight
The planar cards are:
- The Caldaia
- Inys Haen
- Littjara
- Paliano
- Unyaro
- Mutual Epiphany
- Orochi Colony
- Sokenzan
- Truga Jungle
- Turri Island
Cards printed in March of the Machine, and therefore having that set symbol and code, are:
The double-sided tokens and markers are:[8]
- 2× 2/2 Knight creature with vigilance //
1/1 Spirit creature with flying - 2× 1/1 Vampire Knight creature with lifelink // 1/1 Soldier creature
- 1× Blood artifact // 2/2 Shapeshifter creature with changeling
- 2× 2/2 Zombie Knight creature with menace // 1/1 Human creature
- 2×
2/2 Knight creature with vigilance // 1/1 Assassin creature with deathtouch and haste - 1× The Monarch // 2/2 Shapeshifter creature with changeling
Call for Backup[ | ]
A deck, themed around +1/+1 counters.
Call for Backup
The new cards are:
- Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener
- Shalai and Hallar
- Death-Greeter's Champion
- Uncivil Unrest
- Ichor Elixir
- Mirror-Style Master
- Guardian Scalelord
- Emergent Woodwurm
- Path of the Pyromancer
- Conclave Sledge-Captain
The planar cards are:
- Jund
- Kharasha Foothills
- Grove of the Dreampods
- Chaotic Aether
- Bloodhill Bastion
- Towashi
- The Great Aerie
- The Golden City of Orazca
- Megaflora Jungle
- Riptide Island
The double-sided tokens and markers are:[8]
- 2× 1/1 Spirit creature with flying // Treasure artifact (Defender-aligned)
- 4×
1/1 Goblin creature // 1/1 Sliver creature - 1×
3/3 Elephant creature // City's Blessing - 3× Butterfly, 1/1 Insect creature with flying // City's Blessing
Divine Convocation[ | ]
A deck, themed around Convoke.
Divine Convocation
The new cards are:
- Kasla, the Broken Halo
- Saint Traft and Rem Karolus
- Deluxe Dragster
- Flockchaser Phantom
- Mistmeadow Vanisher
- Nesting Dovehawk
- Path of the Ghosthunter
- Wand of the Worldsoul
- Wildfire Awakener
- Ichor Elixir
The planar cards are:
- Enigma Ridges
- The Fertile Lands of Saulvinia
- Norn's Seedcore
- Strixhaven
- Valor's Reach
- Gavony
- Hedron Fields of Agadeem
- Krosa
- Reality Shaping
- Stensia
Cards printed in March of the Machine, and therefore having that set symbol and code, are:
- Artistic Refusal
- Cut Short
- Joyful Stormsculptor
- Meeting of Minds
- Shatter the Source
- Stoke the Flames
- Temporal Cleansing
- Wrenn's Resolve
The double-sided tokens and emblems are:[8]
- 1× 1/1 Bird creature with flying // Kobolds of Kher Keep, 0/1 Kobold creature
- 1× 1/1 Spirit creature with flying // 1/1 Spirit creature with flying
- 1× 1/1 Warrior creature // Elspeth, Sun's Champion emblem
- 1× 1/1 Soldier creature //
1/1 Insect creature with flying and haste - 1× 7/7 Eldrazi creature with annihilator 1 // 4/4 Angel creature with flying
- 1× 1/1 Squid creature with islandwalk // 1/1 Human creature
- 1× 1/1 Tentacle creature // 1/1 Human creature
- 1× 1/1 Goblin creature // 7/7 Eldrazi creature with annihilator 1
- 1× 1/1 Elemental creature with "Whenever this creature becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to target player." // 1/1 Elemental creature
- 1× 1/1 Elemental creature with "Whenever this creature becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to target player." // 1/1 Faerie creature with flying
Tinker Time[ | ]
A deck, themed around artifact tokens.
Tinker Time
The new cards are:
- Gimbal, Gremlin Prodigy
- Rashmi and Ragavan
- Cutthroat Negotiator
- Dance with Calamity
- Hedron Detonator
- Pain Distributor
- Path of the Animist
- Sandsteppe War Riders
- Schema Thief
- Ichor Elixir
The planar cards are:
- Ghirapur
- New Argive
- Ten Wizards Mountain
- The Western Cloud
- The Wilds
- Glimmervoid Basin
- Isle of Vesuva
- Planewide Disaster
- Selesnya Loft Gardens
- Stronghold Furnace
The double-sided tokens are:[8]
- 2× 1/1 Thopter artifact creature with flying // 4/4 Beast creature
- 2× Treasure artifact (Defender-aligned) // 0/0 Gremlin artifact creature
- 1× 3/3 Golem artifact creature // Blood artifact
- 1× 3/3 Golem artifact creature // Clue artifact
- 2× 1/1 Thopter artifact creature with flying // Gold artifact
- 1× Feather, an artifact with "
, Sacrifice Feather: Return target Phoenix card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped." // 1/1 Servo artifact creature - 1× Food artifact // Replicated Ring, a Snow artifact with "
: Add one mana of any color."
Tokens, markers and emblems[ | ]
- 7/7 Eldrazi creature with annihilator 1 for Hedron Fields of Agadeem.[9]
- 1/1 Sliver creature for Riptide Island.
- 3/3 Angel creature with flying for The Pit.
- 4/4 Angel creature with flying for Saint Traft and Rem Karolus.
- 1/1 Bird creature with flying for Battle Screech, Emeria Angel and Migratory Route.
- 1/1 Human creature for Adeline, Resplendent Cathar and Worthy Knight.
- 2/2 Knight creature with vigilance for Aryel, Knight of Windgrace, Sigiled Sword of Valeron and Silverwing Squadron.
- 1/1 Soldier creature for Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Elspeth's Talent, Hero of Bladehold and Keeper of the Accord.
- 1/1 Spirit creature with flying for Alharu, Solemn Ritualist, Kykar, Wind's Fury and Path of the Ghosthunter.
- 1/1 Warrior creature for Secure the Wastes.
- 1/1 Faerie creature with flying for Improbable Alliance.
- 2/2 Shapeshifter creature with changeling for Littjara.
- 1/1 Spirit creature with flying for Saint Traft and Rem Karolus.
- 1/1 Squid creature with islandwalk for Chasm Skulker.
- 1/1 Tentacle creature for Nadir Kraken.
- 1/1 Thopter artifact creature with flying for Sharding Sphinx.
- 1/1 Assassin creature with deathtouch and haste for Paliano.
- 6/6 Demon creature with flying, trample, and "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice another creature. If you can't, this creature deals 6 damage to you." for The Pit.
- 0/0 Phyrexian Germ creature for Bitterhorn, Nissa's Animus, Nettlecyst and Scytheclaw.
- 1/1 Vampire Knight creature with lifelink for Elenda and Azor.
- 2/2 Zombie Knight creature with menace for Josu Vess, Lich Knight.
- 1/1 Elemental creature with "Whenever this creature becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to target player." for Wildfire Awakener.
- Feather, an artifact with ", Sacrifice Feather: Return target Phoenix card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped." for Everquill Phoenix.
- 1/1 Goblin creature for Goblin Instigator, Jund and Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin.
- 0/0 Gremlin artifact creature for Gimbal, Gremlin Prodigy.
- 1/1 Human creature for Saint Traft and Rem Karolus.
- Kobolds of Kher Keep, a 1/1 Kobold creature for Kher Keep.
- 4/4 Beast creature for Combine Chrysalis.
- Butterfly, a 1/1 Insect creature with flying for Megaflora Jungle.
- 3/3 Elephant creature for Generous Gift.
- 1/1 Insect creature with flying and haste for The Locust God.
- Blood artifact for Exsanguinator Cavalry and Vampires' Vengeance.
- Clue artifact for Academy Manufactor, Root Out, Tireless Tracker and Weirding Wood.
- 6/12 Construct artifact creature with trample for Ancient Stone Idol.
- Food artifact for Academy Manufactor, Gilded Goose, Tireless Provisioner and The Wilds.
- Gold artifact for Curse of Opulence.
- 3/3 Golem artifact creature for Masterful Replication.
- 1/1 Myr artifact creature for Myr Battlesphere.
- 3/3 Phyrexian Golem artifact creature for Blade Splicer, Darksteel Splicer, Master Splicer and Phyrexian Triniform.
- */* Phyrexian Horror artifact creature for Phyrexian Rebirth.
- Replicated Ring, a Snow artifact with ": Add one mana of any color." for Replicating Ring.
- 1/1 Servo artifact creature for Saheeli, Sublime Artificer.
- Emblem for Elspeth, Sun's Champion.
- Emblem for Teferi’s Talent.Available only in Draft, Set and Collector Boosters
- City's Blessing for The Golden City of Orazca.
- The Monarch for Knights of the Black Rose.
The following tokens are created by cards in the decks and are thus included with the decks. However, they are not part of the March of the Machine Commander expansion. Instead, they retain their March of the Machine expansion symbol and collector number:
- 1/1 Elemental creature for Joyful Stormsculptor.
- 2/2 Knight creature with vigilance for Chivalric Alliance and Unyaro.
- 1/1 Spirit creature with flying for Knight of the Last Breath.
- double-faced Incubator artifact // 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature (0016) for Blight Titan, Compleated Huntmaster, Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos, Excise the Imperfect and Progenitor Exarch.
- double-faced Incubator artifact // 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature (0017)
- double-faced Incubator artifact // 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature (0018)
- 1/1 Thopter artifact creature with flying for Pia and Kiran Nalaar, Thopter Assembly, Thopter Spy Network and Whirler Rogue.
- Treasure artifact (Defender-aligned) for Academy Manufactor, Brass's Bounty, Crack Open, Cutthroat Negotiator, Pain Distributor, Rashmi and Ragavan, Spell Swindle, Tireless Provisioner and The Western Cloud.
References[ | ]
- ↑ Mark Rosewater and Daniel Holt (November 24, 2023). "Drive to Work #1089: Expansions Symbols with Daniel Holt". Transistor.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (May 3, 2023). "MTG Set Archive". Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Information below the text box
- ↑ a b First Look at March of the Machine (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (February 19, 2023).
- ↑ Jess Dunks, Eric Levine, and Matt Tabak (April 13, 2023). "March of the Machine Release Notes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Max McCall and Adam Styborski (March 29, 2023). "Collecting March of the Machine". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ WPN (February 20, 2023). "First Look for Retailers: March of the Machine". Wizards Play Network.
- ↑ a b c d e Wizards of the Coast (April 4, 2023). "March of the Machine Commander Decklists". magicthegathering.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2023.
- ↑ Kendall Pepple (April 10, 2023). "The Tokens of March of the Machine". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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