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March of the Machine Commander
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.
TCGplayer market prices for the printings the box shipped, as of 27 October 2026.
Art by Mila Pesic
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222030As shipped: 100 cards, 38 lands (13 basic), 40 creatures, average mana value 3.57. Mana sources: 22 white, 20 red, 30 green. No Game Changers and no mass land denial, so the deck sets no bracket floor. How brackets work →
What this deck cost, and what it is worth
The singles in Call for Backup are worth $110.04 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 nobody has a release price to compare these singles against. 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 2026-10-27.
Where the value sits
Uncivil Unrest
Strionic Resonator
Kalonian Hydra
The single most valuable card in Call for Backup is Uncivil Unrest, at $18.21 (17% of everything the deck is worth). The value is led by that card but not dominated by it.
Alongside it, $6.64 of the total sits in Strionic Resonator and $6.49 in Kalonian Hydra. Those three names are 28% of what Call for Backup is worth. That leaves the other 97 cards at $78.70 between them.
As of 2026-10-27, by singles value it is the 85th most valuable of the 199 precon decks we price, and the most valuable of the 5 decks in March of the Machine Commander.
Values are TCGplayer market prices for the printings the box shipped, summed across the whole deck. Compare every precon →
Want to upgrade this precon? Our Call for Backup upgrade guide covers what to cut, what to add, and what the swaps cost. Read the Call for Backup upgrade guide →
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 $110.04 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 nobody has a release price to compare these singles against.
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.
How do you upgrade Call for Backup?
We have a full upgrade guide for this deck covering what to cut, what to add and what it costs. Read the Call for Backup upgrade guide.