March of the Multitudes
Instant
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for 
or one mana of that creature's color.)
Create X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens with lifelink.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Guilds of Ravnica
- Price
- $1.15
- EDHREC rank
- #2884
March of the Multitudes dumps a board of 1/1 Soldier tokens with lifelink at instant speed — and the cost scales down for every tapped creature you already control, meaning a populated battlefield can make it nearly free. It's one of the few token spells that rewards you for being ahead rather than just building toward it, which is exactly why Emmara, Soul of the Accord runs it as a centerpiece and why it can trigger Mayael's Aria off a surprise pile of power.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Emmara, Soul of the Accord
Emmara, Soul of the Accord taps herself to convoke March of the Multitudes, which in turn produces a wave of Soldier tokens — each one another body ready to tap and generate even more lifelink tokens next turn, creating a compounding loop that's central to why 76% of Emmara decks include it.
Jinnie Fay, Jetmir's Second
Jinnie Fay, Jetmir's Second replaces those Soldier tokens with 2/2 cats or 3/1 dogs with haste, turning March of the Multitudes from a defensive flood into immediate offensive pressure — the sheer token count makes it one of the highest-upside convoke targets in the deck.
Jetmir, Nexus of Revels
Jetmir, Nexus of Revels cares about raw creature count at combat, so March of the Multitudes cast on your end step hands you exactly the critical mass of bodies needed to unlock all three tiers of Jetmir's attack boost the following turn.
Baylen, the Haymaker
Baylen, the Haymaker generates counters and draws cards based on how many creatures you tap, so a large convoke payment on March of the Multitudes translates directly into card advantage and a bigger board — both outputs Baylen wants as much as the tokens themselves.
Cadira, Caller of the Small
Cadira, Caller of the Small triggers off tokens entering with counters, and March of the Multitudes produces a batch of Soldiers in a single spell — giving Cadira a burst of triggers that would take multiple attack steps to replicate through her combat ability alone.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
March of the Multitudes is a Commander card in practice — the convoke mechanic requires a board state that competitive 60-card formats rarely sustain long enough to exploit, and instant-speed token floods are far less decisive in a two-player game where one removal spell answers the whole premise. In Modern and Pioneer, it sees essentially no play; token strategies in those formats lean on cheaper, more redundant payoffs rather than a single high-variance spell. Legacy and Vintage are theoretically legal but have no meaningful shells for it. Commander is where it belongs: four opponents mean lifelink life totals matter more, convoke discounts routinely hit four to eight mana, and the instant speed lets you ambush combat or respond to a wrath by flooding a new board in the same window.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.15 cheap tier
At $1.15, March of the Multitudes sits firmly in the cheap tier — strong enough to show up in over a third of all token-based white Commander decks, but common enough in supply that the price has never meaningfully climbed. It's a safe pickup that delivers outsized effect-per-dollar, and there's no realistic pressure pushing the cost up.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.