Praetor

Praetor
Creature Type
(Subtype for creature/kindred cards)
Statistics	18 cards 16.7% 16.7% 33.3% 16.7% 16.7% as of March of the Machine
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Praetor is a creature class used for cards that depict leaders of dark forces.

New Phyrexia

New Phyrexia introduced the subtype with a cycle of five mythic rare legendary creatures, one per color, representing the Phyrexians' rulers and the different philosophies among the Phyrexian army regarding what exactly New Phyrexia should look like. They give a positive effect to the player controlling them, and an inverse effect on their opponents. Beginning in Kaldheim and finishing in Phyrexia: All Will Be One, a new mega-mega cycle of Praetors was created. This cycle showed new takes on each of the five Praetors while still following the design philosophy of the original cycle. March of the Machine created a third cycle of Double-faced cards, showing the praetors on the front side and a Saga of their stories and goals on the back side.

	Elesh Norn	Jin-Gitaxias	Sheoldred	Urabrask	Vorinclex
New Phyrexia cycle	Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite	Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur	Sheoldred, Whispering One	Urabrask the Hidden	Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
All Will Be One cycle	Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines	Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant	Sheoldred, the Apocalypse	Urabrask, Heretic Praetor	Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
March of the Machine cycle	Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings	Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis	Sheoldred // The True Scriptures	Urabrask // The Great Work	Vorinclex // The Grand Evolution

Ota World

In a story about Lumithread Field, the Ota are described as "praetorian" by the dragon Ventaisen. Not much is known about them besides living in a dark world and wanting back the suns.

Other cards

Two older cards gained the subtype, as well.

• Ebon Praetor from Fallen Empires, the avatar of Tourach, known also as the Dark Judge or the Ebon Hand.
• Sanguine Praetor from Guildpact, the avatar of one of Ravnica's old gods whose worship predated the Ten Guilds.

Gix, the first known Phyrexian Praetor, received the subtype for his printing in The Brother's War:

• Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
• Who's That Praetor (Mystery Booster 2)

Notable praetors

New Phyrexia

• Elesh Norn
• Jin-Gitaxias
• Sheoldred
• Urabrask
• Vorinclex

Phyrexia

• Gix

Tokens

Test cards

Token Name	Color	Type Line	P/T	Text Box	Source	Printings
Ebon Praetor	Black	Creature — Avatar Praetor	5/5	First strike, trample At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -2/-2 counter on Ebon Praetor. Sacrifice a creature: Remove a -2/-2 counter from Ebon Praetor. If the sacrificed creature was a Thrull, put a +1/+0 counter on Ebon Praetor. Activate only during your upkeep and only once each turn.	Who's That Praetor?
Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines	White	Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor	4/7	Vigilance If a permanent entering causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time. Permanents entering don’t cause abilities of permanents your opponents control to trigger.	Who's That Praetor?
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant	Blue	Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor	5/5	Whenever you cast an artifact, instant, or sorcery spell, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. This ability triggers only once each turn. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.) Whenever an opponent casts an artifact, instant, or sorcery spell, counter that spell. This ability triggers only once each turn.	Who's That Praetor?
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse	Black	Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor	4/5	Deathtouch Whenever you draw a card, you gain 2 life. Whenever an opponent draws a card, they lose 2 life.	Who's That Praetor?
Urabrask, Heretic Praetor	Red	Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor	4/4	Haste At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library. You may play it this turn. At the beginning of each opponent’s upkeep, the next time they would draw a card this turn, instead they exile the top card of their library. They may play it this turn.	Who's That Praetor?
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider	Red	Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor	6/6	Trample, haste If you would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, put twice that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead. If an opponent would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, they put half that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead, rounded down.	Who's That Praetor?