The Ultimate Guide to Multiverse Legends in March of the Machine

March Of The Machine was one of Magic: The Gathering’s most exciting sets in years. The epic culmination of years of storytelling, it saw the Phyrexians finally wage war on the multiverse, putting everyone and everything in danger of compleation.

Across the multiverse, numerous people stood up to Elesh Norn and her cronies. We’ve met these legends before, but March of the Machine gave us a new way to appreciate them: Multiverse Legends. Here’s everything you need to know about Multiverse Legends, and why they make March of the Machine such a great set.

March of the Machine’s big theme was the planes that make up Magic’s setting. Individual worlds were crashed into each other, as the Phyrexians invaded everywhere from Kaldheim to Innistrad. On these planes, the natives fought for their homes, giving us the Multiverse Legends bonus sheet.

Every single pack of March of the Machine includes at least one legendary creature card from the Multiverse Legends bonus sheet, with Collector boosters including at least three. Their format legality can be tricky to understand, but, effectively, each card’s legality is the exact same as it was before March of the Machine came out.

If a card is legal in Standard anyway, like Shona, Sheoldred’s Faithful; or Thalia, Guardian of Thraben, then Multiverse Legend version is also legal. Every single Multiverse Legend is also legal when drafting or playing March of the Machine sealed games. However, cards that aren’t legal in Standard (or Pioneer) don’t enter the formats just because they’ve been printed as a Multiverse Legend.

Most of the cards here are legal in Vintage, Legacy, and Commander. There are a few exceptions, though. Lurrus of the Dream-Den, Ragavan, Nimble Pilfered; and Zirda, the Dawnwaker are all banned in Legacy. Meanwhile, Lutri, the Spellchaser is banned in Commander. Make sure you check your card’s legality before putting it in other format decks, as even more are banned in Pioneer and Modern.

Each Multiverse Legend is a Legendary creature, given alt-art based on its home plane’s booster fun Showcase frame. Lots of these are returning from previous sets, like Zendikar Rising’s Travel poster-inspired frame, or Theros: Beyond Death’s constellations. A few were brand new, though, like Ixalan’s gold coin frame (which a reworked version of was brought back for The Lost Caverns of Ixalan), and Ravnica’s cityscape frame, which we’ll be seeing again in Murders at Karlov Manor.

On top of these showcase frames, Multiverse Legends also has two fancy foil treatments: etched foils, a stalwart familiar for anyone whose played since their Commander Legends introduction, or a new Halo foil. Halo foils are only found in Collector boosters, and give the cards a swirly, oil-slicked appearance that looks absolutely stunning.

In total, there are 65 Multiverse Legends available. Each Draft and Set booster includes one, while Collector boosters can include up to three:

• Anadenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
• Daxos, Blessed By The Sun
• Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobit
• Kenrith, the Returned King
• Kwende, Pride of Femeref
• Sram, Senior Edificer
• Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• Baral, Chief of Compliance
• Emry, Lurker of the Loch
• Inga Rune-Eyes
• Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• Ayara, First of Locthwain
• Horobi, Death’s Wail
• Seizan, Perverter of Truth
• Sheoldred, Whispering One
• Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
• Tymaret, Chosen from Death
• Yargle, Glutton of Urborg
• Captain Lannery Storm
• Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
• Squee, the Imortal
• Urabrask the Hidden
• Valduk, Keeper of the Flame
• Zada, Hedron Grinder
• Fynn, the Fangbearer
• Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
• Renata, Called to the Hunt
• Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
• Yedora, Grave Gardener
• Aegar, the Freezing Flame
• Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
• Atraxa, Praetor’s Voice
• Atris, Oracle of Half-Truths
• Aurelia, the Warleader
• Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
• Dina, Soul Steeper
• Ezuri, Claw of Progress
• Firefong and Sunspeaker
• Firja, Judge of Valor
• Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
• Gyruda, Doom of Depths
• Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
• Jegantha, the Wellspring
• Judith, the Scourge Diva
• Juri, Master of the Revue
• Kaheera, the Orphanguard
• Keruga, the Macrosage
• Kroxa, Titan of Death’s Hunger
• Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn
• Lurrus of the Dream-Den
• Lutri, the Spellchaser
• Niv-Mizzet Reborn
• Obosh, the Preypiercer
• Radha, Coalition Warlord
• Raff, Weatherlight Stalwart
• Reyav, Master Smith
• Rona, Sheoldred’s Faithful
• Shanna, Sisay’s Legacy
• Taigam, Ojutai Master
• Teysa Karlov
• Umori, the Collector
• Yarok, the Desecrated
• Yorion, Sky Nomad
• Zireda, the Dawnwaker

As you can see, this list has a load of absolute bangers in it. First up are the ten Companions from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths. The likes of Gyrude, Keruga, Imorti, and Yorion are all fantastic, but the real winner there is Lurrus of the Dream-Den, the bane of practically every format.

There’s also the Phyrexian Praetors, with Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite leading the way. This is one of the best mono-white Commanders in the whole game, wiping out your opponent’s smaller creatures while buffing your own with a whopping +2/+2.

Kenrith, the Returned King is also worth shouting out. This is the go-to ‘toolbox’ Commander, as he lets you play all five colours, and has a wide range of abilities that fit any situation. If you want to just play with the best cards in Magic, Kenrith is a Commander you should be looking at.

Dina, Soul Steeper is another interesting inclusion. For such a cheap card, she’s incredibly powerful and fuels many black and green combo decks in Commander. Throw in an Exquisit Blood and you can win the game by gaining just one life.

Not every card here is powerhouse. Some are instead chosen for their story implications. When designing the bonus sheet, the rule was the character had to be alive at the time of the March of the Machine. And so, for instance, we’ve got cards like Rona, Sheoldred’s Faithful – this was first printed in Dominaria United only a few sets earlier, but March of the Machine shows Rona’s final fate, so including her here makes sense.

Alongside Elesh Norn, the other Praetors can be found here too. Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur is a fantastic card, and in the story he’s largely responsible for the horrific compleation of many of our favourite planeswalkers in the sets leading up to March of the Machine, like Jace, Vraska, Ajani, and Nissa. Fortunately, him and most of the other Praetors met their end (with Jin-Gitaxias being caught in his own inventions and squashed), although there is a slight possibility Urabrask survived, setting him up for a return later on.

For collectors, Multiverse Legends is important for another reason: serialised cards. 500 serialised copies of each Multiverse Legend were printed and, depending on the number, and on which card you pulled, could be worth massive amounts of money. For instance, any Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer is exciting, but a serialised one can be hundreds of pounds.

Like Halo foils, serialised cards can only be found in Collector’s boosters of March of the Machine. If you’re hoping to get your hands on one, you may be better off checking marketplaces and auction houses to see what pops up. March of the Machine has been out for almost a year now, and drastically reducing the chances of you pulling a serialised from a pack.

Multiverse Legends were one of the best things about March of the Machine, an already fantastic set. Opening a pack and finding something like an Atraxa, Praetor’s Voice opened up your imagination for building a Commander deck, and I ran the Sheoldred I pulled in my sealed deck and caused utter havoc. They’re a powerful, fancy, and highly collectible addition to Magic: The Gathering, and one I hope Wizards repeats in the future.

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