Update 03-03-2023: Looks like Fblthp will not be compleated as he’s featured in his full glorious self on the March of the Machine Promo Pack.
Update 20-02-2023: Another update for today. A marketing mail send out by Wizards states that every Set and Draft booster will feature a Double-Faced Battle Card. Now this does ofcourse not mean evert battlecard will be double-faced, but in my opinion, it is highly likely they will be!
Now, the actual question for me is, will these battle cards be actual cards that you put into your deck, or will they be some sort of side-deck thing like contraptions or attractions?
Update 20-02-2023: New Planechase cards for March of the Machine. As predicted before, March of the Machine will feature the return of Planechase! And this time they will be added to Commander precons. I’m guessing there will be quite some commander-only cards that will somehow interact with Planechase, as well as the return of the Fractured Powerstone
I was taking another look at these cards today, as Planechase really exites me, and I could not help but wonder about the Spatial Merging card.
As it is now, the idea is that the Realmbreaker tree will create portals between various planes, and that that will be the main way to travel between planes. However, this card seems to suggest that somehow overlap between planes will happen, a “Merging” so to say.
Then again, it is a reprint, so what do I know? Although, one can’t help but wonder..
Update 19-02-2023: The full art of the Elesh norn commander party card was spotted at the con as unannounced art at MTGPhilly.
Notably the art dimensions fit those of a full-art Planeswalker card. I think we can expect this one as a new Elesh Norn planeswalker in the March of the Machine set. Since a Planeswalker can not spark without a soul, chances are big that Norn figured out how to gain a soul. This might also explain the flavor art in the Gitaxian Anatomist, hinting at maybe a soul in all the white Phyrexians or Norn experimenting with synthetic souls?
11-01-2023: March of the Machine has an expansion symbol. What does it represent? It looks like Espeth’s Sword, Godsend, stabbing something..
13-12-2022: Things are starting to leak, it’s not more of that strange oil, and it certainly is not nothing! It’s images of the March of the Machine bundle giving us hints of what’s to come. And by the looks of it the Caves of Ixalan rumors about Quintorius gaining his spark are becoming quite the reality. On the box you see him side-by-side with Teferi and Thalia, with images depicting Theros, Zendikar and Kamigawa overshadowed by Elesh Norn in the background. Assumingly all the spiny vines covering the background are from the Realmbreaker tree grown by the Phyrexians to connect and invade all the planes.
26-11-2022: Today Mark Rosewater answered the if/when question of Planechase to return with a resounding “When”
Immediately a Reddit discussion arose if March of the Machines would be the perfect set for this mechanic to return, and some evidence has been pointing towards something special for that set! First off Mark Rosewater, allegedly, hinted towards testing a new cardtype. This could ofcourse be linked to Planechase, especially if you consider the survey WotC sent out in August last year to poll if people would be interested in a Commander product including Planechase cards. A new card type to interact with said planechase cards would not be a stretch to imagine.
The Planechase cards would perfectly fit withing the theme-theory of Phyrexia building the Invasion Tree Realmbreaker to connect planes and invade them. So, to me this makes perfect sense. Also, I am a big fan of Planechase, so I’m stoked! Can’t wait to see planechase cards for all the cool worlds such as Ixalan, Eldraine and Capenna for example. Who knows, maybe WotC will even make one for the Baldur’s Gate!!
