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'''Carrier''' is [[creature type]] originally unique to ''[[Urza's Legacy]]''. It first existed as a [[vertical cycle]] of four [[black]] [[Phyrexia]]n [[creatures]] which spread disease. Otherwise they could have been just [[Horror]]s.
'''Carrier''' is [[creature type]] originally unique to ''[[Urza's Legacy]]''. It first existed as a [[vertical cycle]] of four [[black]] [[Phyrexia]]n [[creatures]] which spread disease. Otherwise, they could have been just [[Horror]]s.


==The Cycle==
==The Cycle==
Each of these creatures can be sacrificed to give another creature -X/-X until end of turn, where X is its power and toughness.
Each of these creatures can be sacrificed to give another creature -X/-X until end of turn, where X is its power and toughness.
* <c>Phyrexian Denouncer</c> (1/1)
*<c>Phyrexian Denouncer</c> (1/1)
* <c>Phyrexian Debaser</c> (2/2)
*<c>Phyrexian Debaser</c> (2/2)
* <c>Phyrexian Defiler</c> (3/3)
*<c>Phyrexian Defiler</c> (3/3)
* <c>Phyrexian Plaguelord</c> (4/4)
*<c>Phyrexian Plaguelord</c> (4/4)


==Note==
==Note==
* The white card <c>Carrier Pigeons</c> doesn't have the subtype Carrier.
*The white card <c>Carrier Pigeons</c> doesn't have the subtype Carrier.
* More surprising, the black <c>Disease Carriers</c> from the set preciding Urza's Legacy (''[[Urza's Destiny]]''), with similar design, hasn't the Carrier-type either.
*More surprisingly, the black <c>Disease Carriers</c> from the set preceding Urza's Legacy (''[[Urza's Destiny]]''), with a similar design, hasn't the Carrier-type either.
* The same can be remarked concerning <c>Maggot Carrier</c> from ''[[Planeshift]]''.
*The same can be remarked concerning <c>Maggot Carrier</c> from ''[[Planeshift]]''.
* It would not be until ''[[Modern Horizons]]'' that another card with the subtype was seen, this being <c>Plague Engineer</c>.  
*It would not be until ''[[Modern Horizons]]'' that another card with the subtype was seen, this being <c>Plague Engineer</c>.
 
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Latest revision as of 13:43, 6 May 2024

Carrier
Creature Type
(Subtype for creature/kindred cards)
Statistics
5 cards
{B} 100%
as of Modern Horizons
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type:"Carrier"

Carrier is creature type originally unique to Urza's Legacy. It first existed as a vertical cycle of four black Phyrexian creatures which spread disease. Otherwise, they could have been just Horrors.

The Cycle

Each of these creatures can be sacrificed to give another creature -X/-X until end of turn, where X is its power and toughness.

Note