March of the Machines

Enchantment

Each noncreature artifact is an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its converted mana cost/mana value. (Equipment that's a creature can't equip a creature.)

Combos

• March of the Machines + Mycosynth Lattice

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (42)

BrickMaster28 on Can you crew Myriad vehicle …

1 month ago

I have interest in vehicles dealing combat damage to players (via Edward Kenway) and want to amplify that effect with Myriad (think Cybermen Squadron).

I've seen some chatter online about the topic to know that if a vehicle is given Myriad then the tokens created are tapped artifacts that attempt to attack but cannot, so therefore are removed from combat. However, I wanted to ask if there would be an instance (somewhere on the stack or before game states are checked) that would allow the created tokens to be crewed or re-enter combat. Is that possible, or would an effect like March of the Machines be the only way to accomplish this?

Gidgetimer on Will animating card:Machine God's Effigy …

1 year ago

Your original premise is wrong. The reason Machine God's Effigy doesn't have any subtypes at all is that it wasn't printed with any subtypes.

Unless something makes it a treasure, it isn't a treasure; unless something makes it a food, it isn't a food; unless something makes it an elf, it isn't an elf. Sydri, Galvanic Genius and March of the Machines don't grant any creature subtypes, so it would just be an artifact creature with no subtypes. Mishra, Eminent One gives the subtype "construct", so the Machine God's Effigy copy is a construct.

Mave on Will animating card:Machine God's Effigy …

1 year ago

If I understood the rules of Machine God's Effigy correctly the reason why it doesn't has the subtypes like Saga, Myr, Construct or Forest is because those types are only available if the card is an Enchantment, Creature, Kindred or Land. But since it is an artifact it keeps types such as Treasure, Vehicle, Clue, Food etc. So would Sydri, Galvanic Genius return the type since it turns Machine God's Effigy into a creature and therefore it becomes able to hold the card type? And since March of the Machines directly causes Machine God's Effigy to enter as a Creature would it be able to retain the creature types or is there sth in the rules that simply erases all nonartifact creature types from it? So far I haven't seen this exact question. There were questions that refered to making a Mishra's Warform Token from Machine God's Effigy. They didn't go into detail regarding the creature type and only write "the copy will be an Artifact Creature - Construct". Mishra, Eminent One would be a similar case like Sydri. But why wouldn't the creature type be "dormant" in the copy? I read that e.g. copying a Vehicle with Machine God's Effigy or any other creature will keep the p/t dormant so if Machine God's Effigy gets crew it becomes able to turn into a creature with the regular P/T stats.

Neotrup on Animation: Layers and Timestamps

1 year ago

Since both Titania's Song and March of the Machines specify noncreature artifact they are both dependent on eachother, forming a dependency loop that means they must be applied in timestamp order rather than dependency order. This means that whichever entered the battlefield first is the one that applies. In the first example March of the Machines does nothing since Sol Ring is already a 1/1 artifact creature with no abilities, but if it had entered first it would be a 1/1 artifact creature with "{T}: Add {C}{C}."

Starfield of Nyx does not turn itself into a creature since it says "other nonaura enchantements." However, assuming they control two Starfield of Nyx it would be a 0/2 creature with no abilities. This is because its ability starts to apply in layer 4 when it turns enchantments into creatures and doesn't lose its ability until layer 6 when Sudden Spoiling starts to apply. Once the ability starts in an earlier layer, it will continue to be applied in a higher layer, so in layer 7b Starfield of Nyx will give all enchantment creatures a base power and toughness, then that will be overwritten by Sudden Spoiling also in layer 7b due to having a later timestamp.

TehGrief on Animation: Layers and Timestamps

1 year ago

Player A controls a Sol Ring, player B casts Titania's Song; Player A's Sol Ring becomes a 1/1 artifact creature with no abilities.

If player A then casts a March of the Machines, since Titania's Song specifies non-creature artifact, does March of the Machines change the artifacts into creatures, causing them to retain their abilities?

What would happen if the reverse was true? Player A controls both Sol Ring and March of the Machines, then Player B casts Titania's Song?

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Follow-up question.

If Player A controls Starfield of Nyx (meeting its condition, causing their enchantments to become creatures with power and toughness equal to their converted mana cost in addition to their other types), and Player B cast Sudden Spoiling (causing creatures to lose their abilities), what would the result be?

Would all enchantments controlled by Player A lose all abilities and become 0/2 creatures - or, since the Starfield of Nyx would lose its ability, they would remain enchantments with their innate abilities but not be creatures in addition to their other types?

SufferFromEDHD on Mana Rock Tribal

2 years ago

Fair enough. That is common in the community. I hate my friends so I play land destruction.

Goldmire Bridge Mistvault Bridge Razortide Bridge

Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas another potential win condition

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DemonDragonJ on March of the Machine

2 years ago

Is anyone here displeased that the cad March of the Machines was not reprinted in the set of the same name?

linkofhyrule on what's the interaction of Curses …

2 years ago

i understand that equipment that is a creature can't equip a creature (and that the Reconfigure equipment does essentially the same as Bestow on enchantments, but somewhat differently). enchantments that are creatures also can't attach to creatures, and non-Bestow auras die to state-based rules. but what of Curses? they attach to a player, not a creature. and the interactions of Mycosynth Lattice and March of the Machines make all permanents into artifact creatures, but the player isn't a permanent