Set Prospective
March of the Machine Commander
This article is one of our set prospectives, a series in which we survey the Cube community about the cards they intend to play in their cubes from a particular set. Our survey is conducted between the set’s full-spoiler and official release and is meant to measure and document Cube designers’ first impressions of new cards.
Accompanying March of the Machine, like always, is a Commander-focused set of precons including brand new cards eligible for Cube. We’ve got 115 Cube designers reporting in with the cards they’re most excited about!
| Card | Testers▼ | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Death-Greeter's Champion | 60.0% | 7.0 |
| Guardian Scalelord | 27.0% | 6.9 |
| Wildfire Awakener | 22.6% | 5.1 |
| Mistmeadow Vanisher | 13.9% | 5.9 |
| Chivalric Alliance | 13.9% | 5.5 |
| Conjurer's Mantle | 13.0% | 5.5 |
| Slimefoot and Squee | 11.3% | 6.7 |
| Conclave Sledge-Captain | 10.4% | 6.0 |
| Exsanguinator Cavalry | 9.6% | 6.3 |
| Filigree Vector | 8.7% | 6.1 |
| Nesting Dovehawk | 7.8% | 5.6 |
| Firemane Commando | 6.1% | 6.7 |
| Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus | 6.1% | 5.3 |
| Pain Distributor | 6.1% | 5.2 |
“Death-Greeter's Champion seems crazy...”
Leading the results from MOC is a new Red three-drop, Death-Greeter's Champion, whose extreme modality and hyper-detailed Jason Rainville art make it a hit on mechanics and flavor both.
Guardian Scalelord and Wildfire Awakener, though tested by a quarter of the MOC survey respondents, are both effects that will scale favorably in 1v1 Magic and make use of the main set’s marquee mechanics.
“Finally a hero of bladehold art that isn't a bikini babe”
As always, Commander precons include a variety of reprints, many of which come with new art, frames, or updated rules text. This is a great time to pick up a copy for Cube on the cheap!
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