Side Quests: Magic: The Gathering March Of The Machine - Opening Thoughts After Opening Packs

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March Of The Machine drops April 21 – only two months afterPhyrexia: All Will Be One dropped – and it marks the end of the Phyrexian storyline and a transition to a new story arc (after a quick detour to Middle-earth). We had the opportunity to open a few packs ahead of the set's official full reveal, and we have a few thoughts about this set and all of the hidden goodies it contains.

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See the full unboxing video below, and read on for those reactions:

Contained within the full March Of The Machine set is asmall 65-card subset called Multiverse Legends. These cards come in multiple different formats, but each of them features notable legendary creatures from across Magic: The Gathering's storied history. I love not only the idea but also the implementation of this subset, for two key reasons.

First, you're guaranteed at least one Multiverse Legend in every Draft and Set booster pack you open. They appear in Uncommon, Rare, and Mythic rarities, so you may open multiple copies of the same card in a booster box, but the fact there's one in every pack is super cool.

More importantly, for a newer player like myself, this gives me a real chance to own some heavy-hitting creatures from Magic's past. My pulls included Aurelia, The Warleader from the Gatecrash set – which debuted in 2013 – and Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon (which the community called «Skittles»), which hails from 2010's Scars of Mirrodin set. Granted, both have been recently reprinted, with Aurelia featuring in Double Masters 2022 and Skittles finding a spot on The List, but chances to secure one or both seem higher thanks to Multiverse Legends.

Speaking of The List, we're told by theofficial Magic: The Gathering website that this