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<c>Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider</c> introduced the Phyrexian creature type in ''[[Kaldheim]]''. 225 other [[black-bordered]] creatures gained the Phyrexian type in the ''[[Modern Horizons 2]]'' update.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/oracle-changes-2021-06-18|Oracle Changes|[[Jess Dunks]]| June 18, 2021}}</ref>  
<c>Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider</c> introduced the Phyrexian creature type in ''[[Kaldheim]]''. 225 other [[black-bordered]] creatures gained the Phyrexian type in the ''[[Modern Horizons 2]]'' update.<ref>{{DailyRef|news/oracle-changes-2021-06-18|Oracle Changes|[[Jess Dunks]]| June 18, 2021}}</ref>  
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* <c>Ascendant Evincar</c>
*<c>Ascendant Evincar</c>
* <c>Atraxa, Praetors' Voice</c>
*<c>Atraxa, Praetors' Voice</c>
* <c>Belbe, Corrupted Observer</c>
*<c>Belbe, Corrupted Observer</c>
* <c>Blackcleave Goblin</c>
*<c>Blackcleave Goblin</c>
* <c>Blade Splicer</c>
*<c>Blade Splicer</c>
* <c>Blight Mamba</c>
*<c>Blight Mamba</c>
* <c>Blighted Agent</c>
*<c>Blighted Agent</c>
* <c>Blightsteel Colossus</c>
*<c>Blightsteel Colossus</c>
* <c>Blightwidow</c>
*<c>Blightwidow</c>
* <c>Blind Zealot</c>
*<c>Blind Zealot</c>
* <c>Blinding Souleater</c>
*<c>Blinding Souleater</c>
* <c>Blistergrub</c>
*<c>Blistergrub</c>
* <c>Body Snatcher</c>
*<c>Body Snatcher</c>
* <c>Bone Shredder</c>
*<c>Bone Shredder</c>
* <c>Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer</c>
*<c>Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer</c>
* <c>Brutalizer Exarch</c>
*<c>Brutalizer Exarch</c>
* <c>Carnifex Demon</c>
*<c>Carnifex Demon</c>
* <c>Cathedral Membrane</c>
*<c>Cathedral Membrane</c>
* <c>Caustic Hound</c>
*<c>Caustic Hound</c>
* <c>Chained Throatseeker</c>
*<c>Chained Throatseeker</c>
* <c>Chancellor of the Annex</c>
*<c>Chancellor of the Annex</c>
* <c>Chancellor of the Dross</c>
*<c>Chancellor of the Dross</c>
* <c>Chancellor of the Forge</c>
*<c>Chancellor of the Forge</c>
* <c>Chancellor of the Spires</c>
*<c>Chancellor of the Spires</c>
* <c>Chancellor of the Tangle</c>
*<c>Chancellor of the Tangle</c>
* <c>Commander Greven il-Vec</c>
*<c>Commander Greven il-Vec</c>
* <c>Contagious Nim</c>
*<c>Contagious Nim</c>
* <c>Core Prowler</c>
*<c>Core Prowler</c>
* <c>Corpse Cur</c>
*<c>Corpse Cur</c>
* <c>Corrupted Harvester</c>
*<c>Corrupted Harvester</c>
* <c>Crazed Skirge</c>
*<c>Crazed Skirge</c>
* <c>Cystbearer</c>
*<c>Cystbearer</c>
* <c>Darkslick Drake</c>
*<c>Darkslick Drake</c>
* <c>Death-Hood Cobra</c>
*<c>Death-Hood Cobra</c>
* <c>Dementia Bat</c>
*<c>Dementia Bat</c>
* <c>Devouring Strossus</c>
*<c>Devouring Strossus</c>
* <c>Dross Hopper</c>
*<c>Dross Hopper</c>
* <c>Dross Ripper</c>
*<c>Dross Ripper</c>
* <c>Eastern Paladin</c>
*<c>Eastern Paladin</c>
* <c>Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite</c>
*<c>Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite</c>
* <c>Entomber Exarch</c>
*<c>Entomber Exarch</c>
* <c>Ertai, the Corrupted</c>
*<c>Ertai, the Corrupted</c>
* <c>Etched Monstrosity</c>
*<c>Etched Monstrosity</c>
* <c>Eviscerator</c>
*<c>Eviscerator</c>
* <c>Ezuri, Claw of Progress</c>
*<c>Ezuri, Claw of Progress</c>
* <c>Fallen Ferromancer</c>
*<c>Fallen Ferromancer</c>
* <c>First-Sphere Gargantua</c>
*<c>First-Sphere Gargantua</c>
* <c>Flameborn Viron</c>
*<c>Flameborn Viron</c>
* <c>Flensermite</c>
*<c>Flensermite</c>
* <c>Flesh Reaver</c>
*<c>Flesh Reaver</c>
* <c>Flesh-Eater Imp</c>
*<c>Flesh-Eater Imp</c>
* <c>Fume Spitter</c>
*<c>Fume Spitter</c>
* <c>Furnace Scamp</c>
*<c>Furnace Scamp</c>
* <c>Gallowbraid</c>
*<c>Gallowbraid</c>
* <c>Geth, Lord of the Vault</c>
*<c>Geth, Lord of the Vault</c>
* <c>Glissa, the Traitor</c>
*<c>Glissa, the Traitor</c>
* <c>Glissa's Courier</c>
*<c>Glissa's Courier</c>
* <c>Glistener Elf</c>
*<c>Glistener Elf</c>
* <c>Gore Vassal</c>
*<c>Gore Vassal</c>
* <c>Greven, Predator Captain</c>
*<c>Greven, Predator Captain</c>
* <c>Hand of the Praetors</c>
*<c>Hand of the Praetors</c>
* <c>Hex Parasite</c>
*<c>Hex Parasite</c>
* <c>Hollow Dogs</c>
*<c>Hollow Dogs</c>
* <c>Ichor Rats</c>
*<c>Ichor Rats</c>
* <c>Ichorclaw Myr</c>
*<c>Ichorclaw Myr</c>
* <c>Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer</c>
*<c>Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer</c>
* <c>Immolating Souleater</c>
*<c>Immolating Souleater</c>
* <c>Impaler Shrike</c>
*<c>Impaler Shrike</c>
* <c>Inquisitor Exarch</c>
*<c>Inquisitor Exarch</c>
* <c>Insatiable Souleater</c>
*<c>Insatiable Souleater</c>
* <c>Invader Parasite</c>
*<c>Invader Parasite</c>
* <c>Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur</c>
*<c>Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur</c>
* <c>Keskit, the Flesh Sculptor</c>
*<c>Keskit, the Flesh Sculptor</c>
* <c>Kiln Walker</c>
*<c>Kiln Walker</c>
* <c>K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth</c>
*<c>K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth</c>
* <c>Lost Leonin</c>
*<c>Lost Leonin</c>
* <c>Loxodon Convert</c>
*<c>Loxodon Convert</c>
* <c>Marauding Knight</c>
*<c>Marauding Knight</c>
* <c>Massacre Wurm</c>
*<c>Massacre Wurm</c>
* <c>Master Splicer</c>
*<c>Master Splicer</c>
* <c>Maul Splicer</c>
*<c>Maul Splicer</c>
* <c>Moltensteel Dragon</c>
*<c>Moltensteel Dragon</c>
* <c>Morinfen</c>
*<c>Morinfen</c>
* <c>Mortis Dogs</c>
*<c>Mortis Dogs</c>
* <c>Mycosynth Fiend</c>
*<c>Mycosynth Fiend</c>
* <c>Myr Sire</c>
*<c>Myr Sire</c>
* <c>Necrogen Scudder</c>
*<c>Necrogen Scudder</c>
* <c>Necropede</c>
*<c>Necropede</c>
* <c>Nested Ghoul</c>
*<c>Nested Ghoul</c>
* <c>Oculus</c>
*<c>Oculus</c>
* <c>Ogre Menial</c>
*<c>Ogre Menial</c>
* <c>Order of Yawgmoth</c>
*<c>Order of Yawgmoth</c>
* <c>Perilous Myr</c>
*<c>Perilous Myr</c>
* <c>Pestilent Souleater</c>
*<c>Pestilent Souleater</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Battleflies</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Battleflies</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Bloodstock</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Bloodstock</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Broodlings</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Broodlings</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Colossus</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Colossus</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Crusader</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Crusader</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Debaser</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Debaser</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Defiler</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Defiler</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Delver</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Delver</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Denouncer</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Denouncer</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Devourer</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Devourer</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Digester</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Digester</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Dreadnought</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Dreadnought</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Driver</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Driver</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Gargantua</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Gargantua</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Ghoul</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Ghoul</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Gremlins</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Gremlins</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Hulk</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Hulk</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Hydra</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Hydra</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Infiltrator</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Infiltrator</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Ingester</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Ingester</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Ironfoot</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Ironfoot</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Juggernaut</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Juggernaut</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Marauder</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Marauder</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Metamorph</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Metamorph</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Missionary</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Missionary</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Monitor</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Monitor</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Negator</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Negator</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Obliterator</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Obliterator</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Plaguelord</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Plaguelord</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Prowler</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Prowler</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Rager</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Rager</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Reaper</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Reaper</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Revoker</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Revoker</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Scuta</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Scuta</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Slayer</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Slayer</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Snowcrusher</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Snowcrusher</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Soulgorger</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Soulgorger</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Swarmlord</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Swarmlord</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Triniform</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Triniform</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Vatmother</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Vatmother</c>
* <c>Phyrexian Walker</c>
*<c>Phyrexian Walker</c>
* <c>Phyrexian War Beast</c>
*<c>Phyrexian War Beast</c>
* <c>Pierce Strider</c>
*<c>Pierce Strider</c>
* <c>Pith Driller</c>
*<c>Pith Driller</c>
* <c>Plague Dogs</c>
*<c>Plague Dogs</c>
* <c>Plague Engineer</c>
*<c>Plague Engineer</c>
* <c>Plague Myr</c>
*<c>Plague Myr</c>
* <c>Plague Spitter</c>
*<c>Plague Spitter</c>
* <c>Plague Stinger</c>
*<c>Plague Stinger</c>
* <c>Plaguemaw Beast</c>
*<c>Plaguemaw Beast</c>
* <c>Porcelain Legionnaire</c>
*<c>Porcelain Legionnaire</c>
* <c>Priest of Gix</c>
*<c>Priest of Gix</c>
* <c>Priest of Urabrask</c>
*<c>Priest of Urabrask</c>
* <c>Priest of Yawgmoth</c>
*<c>Priest of Yawgmoth</c>
* <c>Priests of Norn</c>
*<c>Priests of Norn</c>
* <c>Psychosis Crawler</c>
*<c>Psychosis Crawler</c>
* <c>Putrefax</c>
*<c>Putrefax</c>
* <c>Quilled Slagwurm</c>
*<c>Quilled Slagwurm</c>
* <c>Rackling</c>
*<c>Rackling</c>
* <c>Rathi Assassin</c>
*<c>Rathi Assassin</c>
* <c>Rathi Fiend</c>
*<c>Rathi Fiend</c>
* <c>Rathi Intimidator</c>
*<c>Rathi Intimidator</c>
* <c>Ravenous Skirge</c>
*<c>Ravenous Skirge</c>
* <c>Razor Swine</c>
*<c>Razor Swine</c>
* <c>Reaper of Sheoldred</c>
*<c>Reaper of Sheoldred</c>
* <c>Rot Wolf</c>
*<c>Rot Wolf</c>
* <c>Rotted Hystrix</c>
*<c>Rotted Hystrix</c>
* <c>Rusted Slasher</c>
*<c>Rusted Slasher</c>
* <c>Sanguine Guard</c>
*<c>Sanguine Guard</c>
* <c>Sarcomite Myr</c>
*<c>Sarcomite Myr</c>
* <c>Scourge Servant</c>
*<c>Scourge Servant</c>
* <c>Selenia, Dark Angel</c>
*<c>Selenia, Dark Angel</c>
* <c>Sensor Splicer</c>
*<c>Sensor Splicer</c>
* <c>Septic Rats</c>
*<c>Septic Rats</c>
* <c>Serum Raker</c>
*<c>Serum Raker</c>
* <c>Shattered Angel</c>
*<c>Shattered Angel</c>
* <c>Sheoldred, Whispering One</c>
*<c>Sheoldred, Whispering One</c>
* <c>Shivan Zombie</c>
*<c>Shivan Zombie</c>
* <c>Shriek Raptor</c>
*<c>Shriek Raptor</c>
* <c>Skinrender</c>
*<c>Skinrender</c>
* <c>Skirge Familiar</c>
*<c>Skirge Familiar</c>
* <c>Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon</c>
*<c>Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon</c>
* <c>Skittering Horror</c>
*<c>Skittering Horror</c>
* <c>Skittering Skirge</c>
*<c>Skittering Skirge</c>
* <c>Slag Fiend</c>
*<c>Slag Fiend</c>
* <c>Slash Panther</c>
*<c>Slash Panther</c>
* <c>Sleeper Agent</c>
*<c>Sleeper Agent</c>
* <c>Slinking Skirge</c>
*<c>Slinking Skirge</c>
* <c>Soul of New Phyrexia</c>
*<c>Soul of New Phyrexia</c>
* <c>Spellskite</c>
*<c>Spellskite</c>
* <c>Spinebiter</c>
*<c>Spinebiter</c>
* <c>Spined Thopter</c>
*<c>Spined Thopter</c>
* <c>Spineless Thug</c>
*<c>Spineless Thug</c>
* <c>Spire Monitor</c>
*<c>Spire Monitor</c>
* <c>Spiteful Bully</c>
*<c>Spiteful Bully</c>
* <c>Stronghold Assassin</c>
*<c>Stronghold Assassin</c>
* <c>Suture Priest</c>
*<c>Suture Priest</c>
* <c>Tangle Angler</c>
*<c>Tangle Angler</c>
* <c>Tangle Hulk</c>
*<c>Tangle Hulk</c>
* <c>Tel-Jilad Fallen</c>
*<c>Tel-Jilad Fallen</c>
* <c>Tethered Skirge</c>
*<c>Tethered Skirge</c>
* <c>Thrummingbird</c>
*<c>Thrummingbird</c>
* <c>Thundering Tanadon</c>
*<c>Thundering Tanadon</c>
* <c>Tine Shrike</c>
*<c>Tine Shrike</c>
* <c>Tormentor Exarch</c>
*<c>Tormentor Exarch</c>
* <c>Toxic Nim</c>
*<c>Toxic Nim</c>
* <c>Trespassing Souleater</c>
*<c>Trespassing Souleater</c>
* <c>Tsabo Tavoc</c>
*<c>Tsabo Tavoc</c>
* <c>Tsabo's Assassin</c>
*<c>Tsabo's Assassin</c>
* <c>Unworthy Dead</c>
*<c>Unworthy Dead</c>
* <c>Urabrask the Hidden</c>
*<c>Urabrask the Hidden</c>
* <c>Vault Skirge</c>
*<c>Vault Skirge</c>
* <c>Vebulid</c>
*<c>Vebulid</c>
* <c>Vector Asp</c>
*<c>Vector Asp</c>
* <c>Vedalken Anatomist</c>
*<c>Vedalken Anatomist</c>
* <c>Viral Drake</c>
*<c>Viral Drake</c>
* <c>Viridian Betrayers</c>
*<c>Viridian Betrayers</c>
* <c>Viridian Corrupter</c>
*<c>Viridian Corrupter</c>
* <c>Viridian Emissary</c>
*<c>Viridian Emissary</c>
* <c>Viseling</c>
*<c>Viseling</c>
* <c>Vital Splicer</c>
*<c>Vital Splicer</c>
* <c>Volrath the Fallen</c>
*<c>Volrath the Fallen</c>
* <c>Volrath, the Shapestealer</c>
*<c>Volrath, the Shapestealer</c>
* <c>Volrath's Shapeshifter</c>
*<c>Volrath's Shapeshifter</c>
* <c>Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger</c>
*<c>Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger</c>
* <c>Western Paladin</c>
*<c>Western Paladin</c>
* <c>Whispering Specter</c>
*<c>Whispering Specter</c>
* <c>Wing Splicer</c>
*<c>Wing Splicer</c>
* <c>Wurmcoil Engine</c>
*<c>Wurmcoil Engine</c>
* <c>Xantcha, Sleeper Agent</c>
*<c>Xantcha, Sleeper Agent</c>
* <c>Yawgmoth Demon</c>
*<c>Yawgmoth Demon</c>
}}
}}


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*[[Glissa Sunseeker]]
*[[Glissa Sunseeker]]
*[[Ich-Tekik]]
*[[Ich-Tekik]]
*Ixhel
*[[Izathel]]
*[[Izathel]]
*[[Jin-Gitaxias]]
*[[Jin-Gitaxias]]
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*[[Kethek]]
*[[Kethek]]
*[[Kraynox]]
*[[Kraynox]]
*[[Malcator]]
*Malcator
*[[Migloz]]
*Migloz
*[[Ovika]]
*[[Ovika]]
*[[Ria Ivor]]
*[[Ria Ivor]]
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*[[Sheoldred]]
*[[Sheoldred]]
*[[Skithiryx]]
*[[Skithiryx]]
*[[Skrelv]]
*Skrelv
*[[Slobad]]
*[[Slobad]]
*[[Thrissik]]
*[[Thrissik]]
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===See also===
===See also===
* [[Phyrexia#Phyrexian life forms]]
*[[Phyrexia#Phyrexian life forms]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 13:35, 10 January 2023

Phyrexian
Creature Type
(Subtype for creature/kindred cards)
Statistics
294 cards
{W} 7.8% {U} 8.2% {B} 40.8% {R} 6.5% {G} 11.2% {W/U} 0.3% {U/B} 1% {B/R} 2% {R/G} 0.3% {W/B} 1.4% {U/R} 0.7% {B/G} 1.4% {G/U} 0.7% {M} 1.4% {artifact symbol} 16.3%
45 Phyrexian creation cards
{W} 15.6% {U} 6.7% {B} 4.4% {R} 4.4% {G} 13.3% {U/B} 2.2% {W/B} 2.2% {U/R} 4.4% {artifact symbol} 46.7%
as of Phyrexia: All Will Be One
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type:"Phyrexian"

Phyrexian is a creature type that was introduced in Kaldheim, and was retroactively added as far back as Antiquities.

Description

A Phyrexian is a compleated creature from Phyrexia, New Phyrexia or similar infested planes. They consist of a mixture of metal and organic matter and can appear in many forms. Phyrexians can often be recognized by features like dripping ichor, eyelessness, cysts, pustules, or the expulsion of noxious gases.[1] Phyrexians in the Machine Orthodoxy of New Phyrexia often have their skin replaced with glossy, porcelain-like armor.[2]

Phyrexians were created by Yawgmoth, a Thran eugenicist who believed beings should be made perfect through artifice and organ rearrangement. Taking over an initially idyllic world thanks to Dyfed, he brought his followers to this new world, the first Phyrexia. Here, they mutated into abominations, though artificial enhancement only began much later on.[3] In Old Phyrexia, most non-assimilated phyrexians began as newts, humanoid beings later altered into monstrosities to serve Yawgmoth's will. In New Phyrexia, the equivalent stage is the germ, an embryonic being formed from the gestalt of genetic material from war victims. Natural-born phyrexians differ from compleated beings in some ways, like for instance the white-aligned core-born ones grow porcelain naturally while compleated subjects have to have seed grafts implanted.[4]

The most perfect of phyrexian lifeforms were the pneumagogs, Yawgmoth's creations that resembled angels. They were purely physical on upper spheres and purely spiritual on lower ones, being complete in the sixth sphere. So beautiful were they that they pursued Urza to join the Phyrexian cause. To date, they have not been referenced in cards, particularly as new phyrexians are decidedly non-spiritual.[5]

Old phyrexians were in principle all aligned with black mana; why is not clear, and some of the errata'd cards show non-black phyrexians (i.e. Volrath's Shapeshifter) while the pneumagogs appear white. As of New Phyrexia, the oil was charged by the mana of Mirrodin's five suns, so phyrexians now unambiguously occur in all colors of mana. This had the effect of factionalizing the previously monolithic species, but the white-aligned phyrexians led by Elesh Norn managed to subdue the other factions and install her as Mother of Machines.

Phyrexians on Mirrodin/New Phyrexia were spawned by the Mycosynth's corruption, but ironically are unable to become fully metallic due to the fungus' constant turning of metal into flesh.[6]

History

Although Phyrexians were featured in the Magic storyline very early on, they had never appeared as such on cards. Instead they were Zombies, Minions, Horrors or similar types. Some, like Suture Priest and Tormentor Exarch were deliberately without race.[7]

Phyrexian was regularly requested as a creature type on Blogatog. Mark Rosewater argued that the problem was that there are characters that are Phyrexian by flavor, but not by appearance, and twenty-five years of history and inertia make some changes hard to do.[8]

Phyrexian finally appeared as a creature type on a test card in the Mystery Booster set (Vazal, the Compleat), and was formally introduced in Kaldheim with the lone Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider.[9][10] A large creature type errata was expected,[11] but apparently held back until the release of a set that featured multiple Phyrexians. Modern Horizons 2 reprinted Bone Shredder and Skirge Familiar with the Phyrexian type, and introduced the Phyrexian Germ token for Living weapon. Shortly before the release of MH2, Magic Online updated 224 black-bordered cards, and one silver-bordered card (Phyrexian Librarian).[12] This brought the number of black-bordered Phyrexians on Magic Online to 225. Two older cards that aren't on Magic Online, Phyrexian Gremlins and Priest of Yawgmoth, also received the errata, according to Scryfall,[13] raising their total number to 227 in black border.

Phyrexian Creature Type Update

Creatures

Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider introduced the Phyrexian creature type in Kaldheim. 225 other black-bordered creatures gained the Phyrexian type in the Modern Horizons 2 update.[14]

Token creators and animators

The following cards create Phyrexian tokens or became Phyrexian after the Modern Horizons 2 update.

Creatures (14)
Artifacts (17)
Enchantments (3)
Instants (2)
Sorceries (3)
Lands (1)

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Phyrexian by flavor text (and art)
Phyrexian by lore

Tokens

Token Name Color Type Line P/T Text Box Source Printings
Phyrexian Black Creature — Phyrexian 2/2
Colorless Artifact Creature — Phyrexian 0/0
Phyrexian Beast Green Creature — Phyrexian Beast 3/3 Toxic 1
Green Creature — Phyrexian Beast 4/4
Phyrexian Germ Black Creature — Phyrexian Germ 0/0
Phyrexian Goblin Red Creature — Phyrexian Goblin 1/1
Red Creature — Phyrexian Goblin 1/1 Haste
Phyrexian Golem Colorless Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem 3/3
Phyrexian Horror Red Creature — Phyrexian Horror X/1 Trample, haste
Green Creature — Phyrexian Horror X/X
Colorless Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror X/X
Phyrexian Hydra Green/​White Creature — Phyrexian Hydra 3/3 Reach
Green/​White Creature — Phyrexian Hydra 3/3 Lifelink
Phyrexian Insect Green Creature — Phyrexian Insect 1/1 Infect
Phyrexian Minion Black Creature — Phyrexian Minion X/X
Phyrexian Mite Colorless Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Mite 1/1 Toxic 1
This creature can't block.
Phyrexian Myr Colorless Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Myr 1/1
Blue Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Myr 2/1
Phyrexian Saproling Green Creature — Phyrexian Saproling 1/1
Phyrexian Wurm Black Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm 1/2 Deathtouch
Black Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm 2/1 Lifelink
Green Creature — Phyrexian Wurm X/X Trample, toxic 1
Colorless Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm 3/3 Deathtouch
Colorless Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm 3/3 Lifelink
Phyrexian Zombie Black Creature — Phyrexian Zombie 2/2
The Hollow Sentinel Colorless Legendary Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem 3/3
Furnace-Blessed Conqueror Red/​White Creature — Phyrexian Cleric 3/3 Whenever Furnace-Blessed Conqueror attacks, create a token that’s a copy of it. Put a +1/+1 counter on that token for each +1/+1 counter on Furnace-Blessed Conqueror. Sacrifice that token at the beginning of the next end step.

Notable Phyrexians

Alara
Dominaria
Ikoria
Kamigawa
New Phyrexia
Phyrexia
Rath
Ravnica
Serra's Realm
Vryn
Zendikar
Unknown
Other

See also

References

  1. ↑ Doug Beyer (November 03, 2010). "Infectiously Phyrexian Art". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  2. ↑ Magic Creative Team (April 06, 2011). "A Planeswalker's Guide to New Phyrexia: The Machine Orthodoxy". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. ↑ The Thran
  4. ↑ Magic Creative Team (April 06, 2011). "A Planeswalker's Guide to New Phyrexia: The Machine Orthodoxy". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  5. ↑ Magic Creative Team (April 06, 2011). "A Planeswalker's Guide to New Phyrexia: The Machine Orthodoxy". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  6. ↑ Reinhardt Suarez (October 25, 2022). "The Brothers' War - Chapter 3: Nemesis". Magicthegathering.com.
  7. ↑ Savor the Flavor (May 11, 2011). "Getting to Know the Praetors". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  8. ↑ Mark Rosewater (December 28, 2017). "Frankly it seems like a huge missed opportunity to leave no way to mechanically reference one of magics big villains.". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  9. ↑ Matt Tabak (February 2, 2021). "Kaldheim Comprehensive Rules Changes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  10. ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 9, 2021). "What made you guys finally decide to pull the trigger on the phyrexian errata?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  11. ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 8, 2021). "Is Phyrexian as a creature type going to cause a lot of errata?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  12. ↑ Saffron Olive (June 3, 2021). "This should be all of the new Phyrexian cards". Twitter.
  13. ↑ https://scryfall.com/search?q=lang%3Aenglish+not%3Areprint+not%3Afunny+t%3Acreature+type%3Aphyrexian&unique=art&as=checklist&order=name
  14. ↑ Jess Dunks (June 18, 2021). "Oracle Changes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  15. ↑ CommanderTheory (June 18, 2021). "Was it an oversight to omit Consecrated Sphinx from the Phyrexian creature type update?". Twitter.
 
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