Incubator

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Incubator
Artifact Type
(Subtype for artifact cards)
Introduced	March of the Machine
Last used	March of the Machine
Rules	: Transform this token.
Scryfall Statistics
cards
token creation cards

Incubator is a predefined token and artifact type that debuted in March of the Machine. It is created exclusively through the Incubate mechanic.

Description

Incubators are Phyrexian growth pods used to create new Phyrexian soldiers. They are the front-face of a double-faced token card.

Incubate creates an Incubator artifact token with N +1/+1 counters on it, which can be transformed into a 0/0 Phyrexian creature for .

Rules

From the glossary of the Comprehensive Rules (September 19, 2025—Marvel's Spider-Man)

Incubator Token

An Incubator token is a double-faced token. Its front face is a colorless Incubator artifact with “{2}: Transform this token.” Its back face is a 0/0 colorless Phyrexian artifact creature named “Phyrexian Token.” For more information about predefined tokens, see rule 111.10.

Tokens

Token name	Color	Type line	P/T	Text box	Source	Printings
Incubator		Artifact — Incubator		: Transform this artifact.	The Argent Etchings Assimilate Essence Blighted Burgeoning Blight Titan Bloated Processor Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos Chrome Host Seedshark Compleated Huntmaster Converter Beast Corruption of Towashi Elvish Vatkeeper Essence of Orthodoxy Excise the Imperfect Eyes of Gitaxias Furnace Gremlin Gift of Compleation Glissa, Herald of Predation Glistening Dawn Ichor Drinker Infected Defector Injector Crocodile Marauding Dreadship Merciless Repurposing Norn's Inquisitor Phyrexian Awakening Progenitor Exarch Sculpted Perfection Searing Barb Sunder the Gateway Sunfall Tangled Skyline Tiller of Flesh Traumatic Revelation

Test cards

Token name	Color	Type line	P/T	Text box	Source	Printings
Incubator		Artifact — Incubator		: Transform this artifact.	Incubation Triformer Phyrexian Cytoshaper

Trivia

• Incubator tokens are the first real double-faced token cards.
• The instruction to incubate include a number which indicates how many +1/+1 counters to put on the Incubator token. Those counters don't do much while the token has its front face up, but are necessary to keep the Phyrexian artifact creature alive once it transforms.