Wizards just revealed some March of the Machine cards for Magic: The Gathering

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Wizards of the Coast is still rolling with multiple Magic: The Gathering sets each year (for both paper Magic and digital variants like Magic: Arena), and the next set, March of the Machine, is ready to debut in April.

There are some heavy-hitting artists backing this set, including the always fantastic Magali Villeneuve: who I would consider one of the greatest artists in the history of Magic. You can get a look at some spoiler cards for March of the Machine below, as well as some full art. The full story of the set can be read here.

March of the Machine is out on April 21, 2023 in full, with pre-release events starting on April 14, and a digital release on April 18.

Battle (new card type & new mechanic) – Battles are a brand new card type introduced in March of the Machine. It represents Phyrexia’s invasion of the multiverse and everyone else playing a little defense.

Each battle in March of the Machine is a transforming double-faced card:

Front Back

Casting a Battle

Battles can be cast during your main phase if the stack is empty, just like creatures, sorceries, and other non-instant spells.

Each battle enters the battlefield with a number of defense counters on it equal to its defense, found in the lower right corner of the front face. This tells you how much damage it takes to defeat a battle. Much like planeswalkers, battles can be attacked and damaged. But unlike with planeswalkers, the general idea isn’t to cast them, protect them, and hope they stick around. You’re battling to take them out.

Protecting & Attacking a Battle

A battle’s subtype provides rules for how it can be attacked. Since every battle in this set has the subtype Siege, they all play by the same rules. As a Siege battle enters the battlefield,