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CountDorku Behold my legal acumen! from the depths of insanity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Behold my legal acumen!
#10126: Mar 28th 2023 at 1:02:01 AM

[up] Nahiri never did learn to Never Recycle Your Schemes.

Blueeyedrat Since: Oct, 2010
#10127: Mar 28th 2023 at 8:23:03 AM

Episode 9: The Old Sins of New Phyrexia

On New Phyrexia and beyond, the fate of the Multiverse is decided.

Episode 10 (finale): The Rhythms of Life

With the fight finished, the survivors pick up the pieces.


We've also gotten our first look at a Battle card. This one seems to function like a reverse Planeswalker: instead of something you play to the field that other players can choose to attack instead of you, you play a card to another player's field that you can choose to attack instead of them. We don't know if that goes for all Battles, or just the "Siege" type.

Invasion of Zendikar — (3)(G) — 3
Battle — Siege
(As a Siege enters, choose an opponent to protect it. You and other players can attack it. When it's defeated, exile it, then cast it transformed.)
When Invasion of Zendikar enters the battlefield, search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Awakened Skyclave — 4/4
Creature — Elemental
Vigilance, haste
As long as Awakened Skyclave is on the field, it's a land in addition to its other types.
Tap — Add one mana of any color.

Edited by Blueeyedrat on Mar 28th 2023 at 8:24:05 AM

CountDorku Behold my legal acumen! from the depths of insanity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Behold my legal acumen!
#10128: Mar 28th 2023 at 11:48:31 AM

Giving it a subtype also implies that either now or at some point in the future, they're expecting to make that subtype relevant a la Curses, Gates etc.

That being said, that could be only a few cards in the entire set, also a la Curses and Gates.

(I could see, for example, "this creature gets +1/+1 while attacking a Siege" being on a couple of cards, another with...IDK, Skirmish or Ambush or whatever other subtypes they've got)

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#10129: Mar 29th 2023 at 1:18:47 AM

Since that Karn gave up Venser's Spark, it seems like he's going to be staying in Zhalfir for good.

So any bets who the next Big Bad will be?

Disgusted, but not surprised
ABNDT Since: Mar, 2011
#10130: Mar 29th 2023 at 8:12:47 AM

A couple years of Breather Episode sets, and then Emmy decides to end her self-imposed timeout?

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#10131: Mar 29th 2023 at 8:22:11 AM

Also, it seems like New Phyrexia is truly done as a threat. All the Praetors are dead, the oil no longer exerts influence since Norn had tied it to her will and she's dead, and even the plane itself is phased out.

Disgusted, but not surprised
CountDorku Behold my legal acumen! from the depths of insanity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Behold my legal acumen!
#10132: Mar 29th 2023 at 12:06:54 PM

Mechanically, there has been confirmation that all of the Battles for March of the Machines are going to be Sieges...but there's room for other Battles in future sets that don't necessarily have to be double-sided or work the same way.

Edited by CountDorku on Mar 30th 2023 at 6:07:07 AM

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#10133: Mar 29th 2023 at 11:39:43 PM

Thinking about it, there are a few candidates for who might be the next overarching antagonist.

  • Tezzeret — the asshole's a roach who keeps surviving his stints working for other bad guys and keeps getting more powerful. He's got a Planar Bridge and a darksteel body that can handle said Bridge now. And he's the Big Bad of the Boom comics, so we already know he can be Big Bad material if he puts his mind to it.

  • Ob Nixilis — He was defeated in New Capenna but he's still lurking around in the multiverse.

  • Emrakul — She's chilling in Innistrad's moon, but it was of her own volition. If she ever decides the time is right to emerge, she will.

  • Marit Lage — She's the overarching threat in the Boom comics, though her niche kind of overlaps with Emrakul's.

  • The Raven Man aka Lim-Dûl — Though he's a rather more personal foe of Liliana Vess as opposed to true Big Bad material.

Disgusted, but not surprised
NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#10134: Mar 30th 2023 at 12:55:10 PM

Joke Entry: Nahiri.

She promptly returns, with a horde of repurposed Phyrexians now sporting Hedron Energy instead of Oil. What is Nahiri's grand plan?

"I will take over an Ancient Kor Superweapon..."

White Phyrexian: Yes?

"And I will use it to conquer all of Zendikar, and then the Multiverse!"

(groans from her followers)

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#10135: Mar 30th 2023 at 7:18:13 PM

Oh, almost forgot about Ashiok. Ashiok's also a contender.

[up]"How many superweapons did the Kor leave behind!?"

Edited by M84 on Mar 30th 2023 at 10:20:38 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#10136: Apr 2nd 2023 at 8:25:02 PM

Well, the "you can only cast one Non-Phyrexian Spell a Turn" was indeed in white.

I'm pleased. My Brimaz Blight of Oreskos deck is indeed getting plenty toys from the main set. And I doubt it'll be in the precon, because they don't like putting stax in precons.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#10137: Apr 2nd 2023 at 8:54:52 PM

I wonder if this is truly it for Phyrexia as a whole. At the very least I think the developers want to make more sets and mechanics without having to write about Phyrexia for a while.

Disgusted, but not surprised
PhilosopherStones Anyways Here's Darude Sandstorm from The North (lots of planets have them) (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Anyways Here's Darude Sandstorm
#10138: Apr 20th 2023 at 8:49:19 AM

Next set is already leaking.

Some of the Planeswalkers have lost their sparks.

GIVE ME YOUR FACE
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#10139: Apr 20th 2023 at 7:12:51 PM

From the leaks it seems like the following Planeswalkers are among those who have lost their Sparks:

Nissa, Narset, Sarkhan, Kiora, and Samut.

They are instead regular Legendary creatures.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Blueeyedrat Since: Oct, 2010
#10140: Apr 21st 2023 at 1:24:57 PM

A second and third batch of leaks showed a card called "Spark Rupture", and non-Planeswalker versions of Karn (which we already know), Calix, Tyvar, Ob Nixilis, and (un-compleated) Nahiri.

Edited by Blueeyedrat on Apr 22nd 2023 at 7:47:31 AM

TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#10141: Apr 21st 2023 at 1:42:50 PM

[up][up][up] Have they checked inside the couch cushions?

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#10142: Apr 22nd 2023 at 1:48:28 AM

Ajani doesn't seem to be one of the cards, meaning he may still have his Spark.

I guess one of the things this set is trying to do is remove a bunch of planeswalkers so they can make some new ones instead, or focus on others that haven't had as much attention.

Edited by M84 on Apr 22nd 2023 at 4:49:47 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
PhilosopherStones Anyways Here's Darude Sandstorm from The North (lots of planets have them) (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Anyways Here's Darude Sandstorm
#10143: Apr 23rd 2023 at 7:41:28 AM

Im glad this storyline had consequences.

GIVE ME YOUR FACE
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#10144: Apr 23rd 2023 at 9:54:56 AM

Wouldn't be the first time a major story event was used to justify depowering Planeswalkers.

Disgusted, but not surprised
NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#10145: Apr 23rd 2023 at 10:09:50 AM

Also going by the art on one of the new cards, I'm getting heavy vibes of Nissa and Chandra walking off into the sunset.

lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#10146: Apr 25th 2023 at 12:21:46 AM

I don't follow MTG, but I learned that yesterday some guy had the Pinkertons set on him for posting leaked card info on Youtube. Apparently it was a misunderstanding since the previous set had a similar name, and a friend who got early card stock sold it to him thinking it was the earlier set.

Be careful sharing leaks, everyone!

https://gizmodo.com/magic-march-of-the-machine-aftermath-leak-pinkertons-1850369015

https://mtgrocks.com/wizards-of-the-coast-pushes-back-against-massive-mtg-leaks/

Edited by lalalei2001 on Apr 25th 2023 at 3:22:16 PM

The Protomen enhanced my life.
ITNW1989 a from Big Meat, USA Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#10147: Apr 25th 2023 at 9:53:30 AM

WotC: Okay, so fans have been unhappy with our MtG releases for quite some time, the OGL debacle practically tanked all of our goodwill with the TTRPG community, and the summit was an unmitigated disaster for us! What can we do to endear ourselves to the community again?

Hasbro: SEND THE FUCKING PINKERTONS AT THEM!

WotC: GENIUS!

Edited by ITNW1989 on Apr 25th 2023 at 9:53:38 AM

Hitokiri in the streets, daishouri in the sheets.
Lightblade Since: Jan, 2001
#10148: May 1st 2023 at 1:36:14 PM

Here's the first March of the Machine: The Aftermath story.

She who Breaks the World

Nissa and others come to grips with the losses of war. What else has changed in the wake of the Phyrexian invasion of the Multiverse?

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#10149: May 1st 2023 at 5:49:48 PM

Among other things, it confirms that Teferi and Koth lost their Sparks too. Chandra and Ajani are also confirmed to have kept their Sparks.

Oh, and portals connecting planes to each other are showing up, probably due to all of the damage Realmbreaker and the Sylex blowing up in the Blind Eternities did to the Multiverse.

Edited by M84 on May 1st 2023 at 8:57:16 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
Blueeyedrat Since: Oct, 2010
#10150: May 2nd 2023 at 11:43:23 AM

Beyond Repair

Nahiri reckons with the consequences of the Phyrexian invasion and the wreckage left in its wake on Zendikar.

Also, a Mark Rosewater article about Aftermath, confirming that the big changes are most (but not all) Planeswalkers have lost sparks, not just the ones we'll see in this set and Omenpaths (similar to the ones that link the realms of Kaldheim) opening up between different planes, allowing non-Planeswalkers access to other worlds.


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