Previews for the upcoming March of the Machine set are well underway. I’ll be frank; I’m somewhat underwhelmed so far. I’m still struggling to wrap my head around the new Battle mechanic and none of the other mechanics have really captured my interest. The power creep is also frustrating. But we’ll save that for a potential future post. Instead, today, I wanted to call attention to Chrome Host Seedshark.

A flying shark? A flying compleated shark? A flying compleated shark that incubates little tokens that can then turn into potentially not-so-little token creatures (but not sharks). What’s not to like?

I first caught a glimpse of this card yesterday. And what was yesterday but April 1st, better known April Fool’s Day. My first thought was that WOTC might have announced a new Universes Beyond set tied to Sharknado as a prank for the day. But no, the card was previewed earlier in the week and is legitimate.

To be fair, this is not the first flying shark we’ve seen. That honour, I discovered after some investigative work over at Scryfall goes to Shabraz, the Skyshark from Commander 2020. But flying sharks existed even before that. Remember Shark Typhoon from Ikoria? It could create X/X blue Shark creature tokens with flying. Someone at WOTC is a Sharknado fan!

Is Chrome Host Seedshark any good? It’s not an amazing card but I suspect that it might find a home in a few janky decks. If I pull one of these, it will end up in my Talrand Commander deck. And with 11 cards that share Shark as a type, maybe someone will even try to build a Shark tribal deck – Drop us a comment below if you do.

Before I leave you to go look at more March of the Machine previews, let me leave you with this question: Is Chrome Host SeedShark part of a cycle? Among the previews so far, we also have Copper Host Crusher, a Phyrexian Bear Rhino. Can other hosts be far behind?