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. Phyrexians in the Machine Orthodoxy of New Phyrexia often have their skin replaced with glossy, porcelain-like armor.

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.

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

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. A large creature type errata was expected, 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). 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</c>, also received the errata, according to Scryfall, raising their total number to 227 in black border.

Creatures
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. • Ascendant Evincar</c>

• Atraxa, Praetors' Voice</c>

• Belbe, Corrupted Observer</c>

• Blackcleave Goblin</c>

• Blade Splicer</c>

• Blight Mamba</c>

• Blighted Agent</c>

• Blightsteel Colossus</c>

• Blightwidow</c>

• Blind Zealot</c>

• Blinding Souleater</c>

• Blistergrub</c>

• Body Snatcher</c>

• Bone Shredder</c>

• <c>Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer</c>

• <c>Brutalizer Exarch</c>

• <c>Carnifex Demon</c>

• <c>Cathedral Membrane</c>

• <c>Caustic Hound</c>

• <c>Chained Throatseeker</c>

• <c>Chancellor of the Annex</c>

• <c>Chancellor of the Dross</c>

• <c>Chancellor of the Forge</c>

• <c>Chancellor of the Spires</c>

• <c>Chancellor of the Tangle</c>

• <c>Commander Greven il-Vec</c>

• <c>Contagious Nim</c>

• <c>Core Prowler</c>

• <c>Corpse Cur</c>

• <c>Corrupted Harvester</c>

• <c>Crazed Skirge</c>

• <c>Cystbearer</c>

• <c>Darkslick Drake</c>

• <c>Death-Hood Cobra</c>

• <c>Dementia Bat</c>

• <c>Devouring Strossus</c>

• <c>Dross Hopper</c>

• <c>Dross Ripper</c>

• <c>Eastern Paladin</c>

• <c>Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite</c>

• <c>Entomber Exarch</c>

• <c>Ertai, the Corrupted</c>

• <c>Etched Monstrosity</c>

• <c>Eviscerator</c>

• <c>Ezuri, Claw of Progress</c>

• <c>Fallen Ferromancer</c>

• <c>First-Sphere Gargantua</c>

• <c>Flameborn Viron</c>

• <c>Flensermite</c>

• <c>Flesh Reaver</c>

• <c>Flesh-Eater Imp</c>

• <c>Fume Spitter</c>

• <c>Furnace Scamp</c>

• <c>Gallowbraid</c>

• <c>Geth, Lord of the Vault</c>

• <c>Glissa, the Traitor</c>

• <c>Glissa's Courier</c>

• <c>Glistener Elf</c>

• <c>Gore Vassal</c>

• <c>Greven, Predator Captain</c>

• <c>Hand of the Praetors</c>

• <c>Hex Parasite</c>

• <c>Hollow Dogs</c>

• <c>Ichor Rats</c>

• <c>Ichorclaw Myr</c>

• <c>Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer</c>

• <c>Immolating Souleater</c>

• <c>Impaler Shrike</c>

• <c>Inquisitor Exarch</c>

• <c>Insatiable Souleater</c>

• <c>Invader Parasite</c>

• <c>Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur</c>

• <c>Keskit, the Flesh Sculptor</c>

• <c>Kiln Walker</c>

• <c>K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth</c>

• <c>Lost Leonin</c>

• <c>Loxodon Convert</c>

• <c>Marauding Knight</c>

• <c>Massacre Wurm</c>

• <c>Master Splicer</c>

• <c>Maul Splicer</c>

• <c>Moltensteel Dragon</c>

• <c>Morinfen</c>

• <c>Mortis Dogs</c>

• <c>Mycosynth Fiend</c>

• <c>Myr Sire</c>

• <c>Necrogen Scudder</c>

• <c>Necropede</c>

• <c>Nested Ghoul</c>

• <c>Oculus</c>

• <c>Ogre Menial</c>

• <c>Order of Yawgmoth</c>

• <c>Perilous Myr</c>

• <c>Pestilent Souleater</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Battleflies</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Bloodstock</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Broodlings</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Colossus</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Crusader</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Debaser</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Defiler</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Delver</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Denouncer</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Devourer</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Digester</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Dreadnought</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Driver</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Gargantua</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Ghoul</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Gremlins</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Hulk</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Hydra</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Infiltrator</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Ingester</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Ironfoot</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Juggernaut</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Marauder</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Metamorph</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Monitor</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Negator</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Obliterator</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Plaguelord</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Prowler</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Rager</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Reaper</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Revoker</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Scuta</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Slayer</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Snowcrusher</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Soulgorger</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Swarmlord</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Triniform</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Vatmother</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Walker</c>

• <c>Phyrexian War Beast</c>

• <c>Pierce Strider</c>

• <c>Pith Driller</c>

• <c>Plague Dogs</c>

• <c>Plague Engineer</c>

• <c>Plague Myr</c>

• <c>Plague Spitter</c>

• <c>Plague Stinger</c>

• <c>Plaguemaw Beast</c>

• <c>Porcelain Legionnaire</c>

• <c>Priest of Gix</c>

• <c>Priest of Urabrask</c>

• <c>Priest of Yawgmoth</c>

• <c>Priests of Norn</c>

• <c>Psychosis Crawler</c>

• <c>Putrefax</c>

• <c>Quilled Slagwurm</c>

• <c>Rackling</c>

• <c>Rathi Assassin</c>

• <c>Rathi Fiend</c>

• <c>Rathi Intimidator</c>

• <c>Ravenous Skirge</c>

• <c>Razor Swine</c>

• <c>Reaper of Sheoldred</c>

• <c>Rot Wolf</c>

• <c>Rotted Hystrix</c>

• <c>Rusted Slasher</c>

• <c>Sanguine Guard</c>

• <c>Sarcomite Myr</c>

• <c>Scourge Servant</c>

• <c>Selenia, Dark Angel</c>

• <c>Sensor Splicer</c>

• <c>Septic Rats</c>

• <c>Serum Raker</c>

• <c>Shattered Angel</c>

• <c>Sheoldred, Whispering One</c>

• <c>Shivan Zombie</c>

• <c>Shriek Raptor</c>

• <c>Skinrender</c>

• <c>Skirge Familiar</c>

• <c>Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon</c>

• <c>Skittering Horror</c>

• <c>Skittering Skirge</c>

• <c>Slag Fiend</c>

• <c>Slash Panther</c>

• <c>Sleeper Agent</c>

• <c>Slinking Skirge</c>

• <c>Soul of New Phyrexia</c>

• <c>Spellskite</c>

• <c>Spinebiter</c>

• <c>Spined Thopter</c>

• <c>Spineless Thug</c>

• <c>Spire Monitor</c>

• <c>Spiteful Bully</c>

• <c>Stronghold Assassin</c>

• <c>Suture Priest</c>

• <c>Tangle Angler</c>

• <c>Tangle Hulk</c>

• <c>Tel-Jilad Fallen</c>

• <c>Tethered Skirge</c>

• <c>Thrummingbird</c>

• <c>Thundering Tanadon</c>

• <c>Tine Shrike</c>

• <c>Tormentor Exarch</c>

• <c>Toxic Nim</c>

• <c>Trespassing Souleater</c>

• <c>Tsabo Tavoc</c>

• <c>Tsabo's Assassin</c>

• <c>Unworthy Dead</c>

• <c>Urabrask the Hidden</c>

• <c>Vault Skirge</c>

• <c>Vebulid</c>

• <c>Vector Asp</c>

• <c>Vedalken Anatomist</c>

• <c>Viral Drake</c>

• <c>Viridian Betrayers</c>

• <c>Viridian Corrupter</c>

• <c>Viridian Emissary</c>

• <c>Viseling</c>

• <c>Vital Splicer</c>

• <c>Volrath the Fallen</c>

• <c>Volrath, the Shapestealer</c>

• <c>Volrath's Shapeshifter</c>

• <c>Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger</c>

• <c>Western Paladin</c>

• <c>Whispering Specter</c>

• <c>Wing Splicer</c>

• <c>Wurmcoil Engine</c>

• <c>Xantcha, Sleeper Agent</c>

• <c>Yawgmoth Demon</c>

Token creators and animators
The following cards create Phyrexian tokens or became a Phyrexian after the Modern Horizons 2 update. • ;Creatures (14)

• <c>Blade Splicer</c>

• <c>Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer</c>

• <c>Chancellor of the Forge</c>

• <c>Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer</c>

• <c>Master Splicer</c>

• <c>Maul Splicer</c>

• <c>Myr Sire</c>

• <c>Nested Ghoul</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Swarmlord</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Triniform</c>

• <c>Sensor Splicer</c>

• <c>Vital Splicer</c>

• <c>Wing Splicer</c>

• <c>Wurmcoil Engine</c>

• ;Artifacts (17)

• <c>Batterbone</c>

• <c>Batterskull</c>

• <c>Bonehoard</c>

• <c>Conversion Chamber</c>

• <c>Flayer Husk</c>

• <c>Lashwrithe</c>

• <c>Mortarpod</c>

• <c>Necropouncer</c>

• <c>Nettlecyst</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Processor</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Totem</c>

• <c>Scytheclaw</c>

• <c>Shrine of Loyal Legions</c>

• <c>Sickleslicer</c>

• <c>Skinwing</c>

• <c>Strandwalker</c>

• <c>Trigon of Infestation</c>

• ;Enchantments (3)

• <c>Lurking Evil</c>

• <c>Lurking Skirge</c>

• <c>Parasitic Implant</c>

• ;Instants (2)

• <c>Carrion Call</c>

• <c>Grip of Phyresis</c>

• ;Sorceries (3)

• <c>Ezuri's Predation</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Rebirth</c>

• <c>Splicer's Skill</c>

• ;Lands (1)

• <c>Inkmoth Nexus</c>

Not updated

 * Phyrexian watermark
 * (Beast token)
 * (Beast token)
 * (Beast token)


 * Phyrexian by flavor text (and art)
 * (Horror token)
 * Phyrexian by lore
 * (Horror token)
 * Phyrexian by lore
 * Phyrexian by lore
 * Phyrexian by lore
 * Phyrexian by lore
 * Phyrexian by lore

Notable Phyrexians
• ;Dominaria

• Crovax

• Ertai

• Gix

• Mishra

• Selenia

• Volrath

• Yawgmoth

• ;New Phyrexia

• Atraxa

• Azax-Azog

• Brudiclad

• Elesh Norn

• Ezuri

• Geth

• Glissa Sunseeker

• Ich-Tekik

• Izathel

• Jin-Gitaxias

• Keskit

• Kraynox

• Roxith

• Sheoldred

• Skithiryx

• Thrissik

• Urabrask

• Vraan

• Vorinclex

• ;Phyrexia

• Ashtok

• K'rrik

• Morinfen and Gallowbraid

• Tsabo Tavoc

• Xantcha

• ;Rath

• Belbe

• Croag

• Greven il-Vec

• ;Unknown

• Davvol

• ;Other

• <c>Vazal, the Compleat</c>