Call for Backup: decklist, contents and value
A 100-card Commander precon from March of the Machine Commander, led by Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener and released April 2023. Everything the box shipped, and what it is worth today.
What this deck cost, and what it is worth
The singles in Call for Backup are worth $116.89 today at TCGplayer market prices.
Wizards of the Coast published no suggested retail price for this deck. It stopped listing MSRPs in February 2019 and did not resume until November 2024, so there is no release price to compare these singles against — for anyone. So this page shows what the deck contains and what those cards are worth, and states no verdict on the purchase.
Card prices as of 2026-09-12.
Where the value sits
The single most valuable card in Call for Backup is Uncivil Unrest, at $18.63 — 16% of everything the deck is worth. The value is led by that card but not dominated by it.
By singles value it is the 79th most valuable of the 190 precon decks we price, and the most valuable of the 5 decks in March of the Machine Commander.
This deck has been out of print for years, so shops no longer sell it at its release price. Whatever a sealed copy costs today has moved away from that figure — in one direction or the other — and the comparison above is about what the deck cost when it was on shelves, not what it costs now.
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The deck at a glance
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26As shipped: 100 cards, 38 lands (13 basic), 40 creatures, average mana value 3.57. Mana sources: 18 white, 16 red, 26 green. No Game Changers and no mass land denial, so the deck sets no bracket floor. How brackets work →
The full Call for Backup decklist
Every card the box shipped, in the printings it shipped them. Hover any name to see the card.
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Commander 1
- Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener
Creatures 39
- Abzan Battle Priest
- Abzan Falconer
- Alharu, Solemn Ritualist
- Armorcraft Judge
- Brawn
- Champion of Lambholt
- Conclave Mentor
- Conclave Sledge-Captain
- Constable of the Realm
- Death-Greeter's Champion
- Elite Scaleguard
- Emergent Woodwurm
- Enduring Scalelord
- Falkenrath Exterminator
- Fertilid
- Flamerush Rider
- Forgotten Ancient
- Genesis Hydra
- Good-Fortune Unicorn
- Guardian Scalelord
- Gyre Sage
- Hamza, Guardian of Arashin
- High Sentinels of Arashin
- Incubation Druid
- Juniper Order Ranger
- Kalonian Hydra
- Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
- Managorger Hydra
- Mikaeus, the Lunarch
- Mindless Automaton
- Mirror-Style Master
- Pridemalkin
- Restoration Angel
- Rishkar, Peema Renegade
- Shalai and Hallar
- Slurrk, All-Ingesting
- Sunscorch Regent
- Triskelion
- Wood Elves
Instants 9
- Dromoka's Command
- Generous Gift
- Heaven // Earth
- Hindervines
- Inscription of Abundance
- Inspiring Call
- Return to Nature
- Semester's End
- Swords to Plowshares
Sorceries 3
- Cultivate
- Kodama's Reach
- Path of the Pyromancer
Artifacts 6
- Arcane Signet
- Commander's Sphere
- Fractured Powerstone
- Ichor Elixir
- Sol Ring
- Strionic Resonator
Enchantments 4
- Flameshadow Conjuring
- Ion Storm
- Together Forever
- Uncivil Unrest
Lands 38
- Bretagard Stronghold
- Canopy Vista
- Cinder Glade
- Command Tower
- Evolving Wilds
- Exotic Orchard
- Field of Ruin
- 6× Forest
- Fortified Village
- Furycalm Snarl
- Game Trail
- Gavony Township
- Jungle Shrine
- Kessig Wolf Run
- Krosan Verge
- Llanowar Reborn
- Mossfire Valley
- Mosswort Bridge
- 2× Mountain
- Path of Ancestry
- 5× Plains
- Rogue's Passage
- Sungrass Prairie
- Temple of Abandon
- Temple of Plenty
- Temple of the False God
- Temple of Triumph
- Terramorphic Expanse
FAQ
What is Call for Backup worth?
Its singles come to $116.89 at TCGplayer market prices. Wizards of the Coast published no suggested retail price for this deck. It stopped listing MSRPs in February 2019 and did not resume until November 2024, so there is no release price to compare these singles against — for anyone.
What comes in the Call for Backup precon?
A 100-card Commander deck led by Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener, released April 2023 in March of the Machine Commander. The full decklist is on this page.