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March of the Machine: The Aftermath was a very odd set.
Sandwiched between March of the Machine, effectively the "Avengers: Endgame" story climax of the last few years of sets, and the first huge Universes Beyond crossover release in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth, the 50 card March of the Machine: The Aftermath is very easy to overlook.
However, there were some very cool cards in it!
Time Stamps:
02:46 - Match 1
19:22 - Match 2
42:51 - Match 3
Pia Red | Explorer | Jim Davis
- Companion (1)
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
- Creatures (16)
- 2 Bonecrusher Giant
- 2 Fanatical Firebrand
- 4 Monastery Swiftspear
- 4 Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival
- 4 Soul-Scar Mage
- Instants (4)
- 4 Play with Fire
- Sorceries (16)
- 4 Light Up the Stage
- 4 Reckless Impulse
- 4 Skewer the Critics
- 4 Wrenn's Resolve
- Enchantments (4)
- 4 Kumano Faces Kakkazan // Etching of Kumano
Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival is an awesome 2-drop.
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For two mana you get a decent-sized body that doesn't die to Bonecrusher Giant, with almost limitless potential. There's already a desire to play cards like Light Up the Stage and Reckless Impulse in your Mono-Red Aggro deck to keep the cards flowing and keep up with the fair decks of the format, and Pia Nalaar turns all of these exile effects into major upside. Even just getting a single token puts you above rate, and there's no limit to how many you can make in a turn.
It may take a little extra work to figure out exactly how many exile effects we'll need to play, but Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival is definitely a card to be watched!
