Few sets have been as big of a disaster as March of the Machine: The Aftermath. That's not an exaggeration, either. Players revolted, the set was fire sold by retailers, and Wizards revealed it was their worst performing set on metrics ever and it wasn't even close. Plus, it couldn't escape the shadow of the whole Pinkertons debacle.

Despite the controversy behind the set, however, I'll go to bat for it and say that it had quite a number of cool cards in it. But acquiring those cards was a miserably underwhelming experience. As such, I'm stoked to talk about this set's ten mythic rares and rank them all! It's been some time since I've covered a set with so few mythics so I'm going to get through every single one!

Let's get right to it!

10. Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep

Let's be real here: Kiora has rarely been the most exciting of planeswalkers. Her first outing - cough - made some waves and her War of the Spark iteration sees some play in Pioneer. However, her multiple cards that care about leviathans and the like are unexciting. This is largely because while those types of creatures are cool looking, they're rarely actually good or worth playing. This made the de-sparked Kiora in this set land with a thud, and made it the worst mythic of the set.

9. Tyvar the Bellicose

Tyvar also has the unfortunate issue of being a fairly narrow card in that it only cares about elves. The thing is, though, elves are quite popular. The real issue comes from the fact that there weren't enough elves to make it viable basically anywhere in Constructed and it could only go in Golgari-color elfball Commander decks reliably. This made for a card that's appealing to an extremely niche style of deck and sadly little else.

8. Samut, Vizier of Naktamun

Samut, Vizier of Naktamun continues the trend of narrow applications, however in this case Samut happens to boast a bit of a Constructed pedigree. Samut proved to be quite a solid addition to the Pioneer Gruul Bard Class deck, providing another unique legend for the deck to play. Additionally, several other Gruul legends in the deck have haste, meaning Samut could often draw several additional cards in one turn. Despite this, Bard Class is a niche deck in a now somewhat niche format, and as such Samut still lands a bit lower on this list.

7. Narset, Enlightened Exile

Narset offers some really sweet abilities. Giving all creatures prowess is huge and getting to recast spells also rules. Compared to most of the other "Commander-centric" cards on this list, though, this feels like one of the worst in terms of an outright build-around. Despite that, she remains an awesome card to make use of in the 99. For example, running her in a Narset, Enlightened Master deck would absolutely go quite a long way.

6. Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin

Ob Nixilis is an absolute card advantage engine, to the point that he's seen very minor Constructed play even. It's not hard to put him with a bunch of small pingers or a Cauldron Familiar setup to gain access to tons of cards and make him huge. In Commander, it requires a specific kind of deck to make use of him, but that ends up making him a fun card to build around as well as a great card for certain 99s.

5. Nahiri, Forged in Fury

Speaking of serious card advantage, Nahiri provides a bold new direction for equipment based Boros decks. Yes it's a bit of a meme, but in the case of Nahiri - who is based on the original Stoneforge Mystic design - it's quite fitting. Not only does she get cheaper for each equipment in play, but she gives you access to multiple cards per turn and even lets you cast more equipment for free - something you will absolutely have plenty of in any deck you play Nahiri in.

4. Karn, Legacy Reforged

While cards like Nahiri and Ob Nixilis might make for great commanders, it's a bit harder to say that about Karn, Legacy Reforged. This is mainly because, frankly, making Colorless Commander decks is somewhat difficult, but if you wanted to do it to fuel artifact strategies, this is an excellent way to do so. Where Karn really shines though is in any artifact-based deck's 99. There are several of these kinds of decks and many of them are fairly popular. Hell, you can even use it to fuel equipment strategies like Nahiri. This makes him an extremely versatile card across the entire Commander format and thus easily one of the better mythics of the set.

3. Sarkhan, Soul Aflame

Most of the mythics on this list are clear Commander bait. I'd say that's pretty obvious to just about anyone. Among all of the ones mainly focused on that Commander space, though, few things are more exciting to the casual audience than dragons. This made Sarkhan, Soul Aflame one of the biggest must-have cards of the set if you were a player of 100 card formats. Thankfully, its price was kept in check thanks to a very timely reprint in one of the Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander decks.

2. Calix, Guided by Fate

Calix is probably one of only two major Constructed players among mythics in this set. There was a period where players would utilize auras and cards like Generous Visitor, Jukai Elder, and Kami of Transience to great effect. Alongside these cards, Calix provided a strong backbone to give the deck some added juice. Was it a top tier deck? No, but it was solid enough that players loved making use of it. That's to say nothing of how good the card ended up being in Commander for enchantment decks of all kinds.

1. Nissa, Resurgent Animist

For many players, this set only had one card even remotely worth a damn: Nissa, Resurgent Animist. While in reality this was far from true - cards like Tranquil Frillback and Blot Out saw quite a bit of play - Nissa gained a massive reputation thanks to the Temur Analyst deck that emerged after the release of Murders at Karlov Manor. While her tenure was fairly short in Standard, this playstyle continues to live on in Pioneer Analyst Combo and is - like many others on this list - excellent in Commander.

Paige Smith

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