Ya this would work well with mycoloth and throw in a couple fate transfers. You'll be all set.
lukemol
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(7 votes)
Power Conduit. As long as you've got another creature or artifact out, you'll never have to sac. more than one creature a turn. Actually, scratch that. You can remove the age counter in exchange for a +1/+1 counter each turn on it. So as long as Power Conduit's in play with it, it may as well read "during your upkeep sacrifice a creature and put a +1/+1 counter on Phyrexian Soulgorger"
The unfortunate thing about Cumulative Upkeep is that putting an age counter on it and paying the cost for each age counter are not seperate actions. Like, you can't remove the counter with Power Conduit before you've paid the associated cost.
storm_crow4presidnt
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Sneak attack anyone?
niallcmurray86
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Really cool and in the true spirit of Phyrexia.
Daikoru
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I am planning to use this with Mimic Vat or Semblance Anvil. For Mimic Vat, I decide to sacrifice Soulgorger at my upkeep, then imprint it. You now have a 8/8 attacker. With Semblance Evil, I get to reduce all costs, making stronger cards easier to play.
ZombieSnail
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Pretty cool, very phyrexian. I run one with saprolings and plants, it works nicely. 4/5
Bursama
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Very VERY cool art. If you make this attack and not be blocked it is quick win with out saccing too many creatures.
justicarphaeton
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
the unfortunate thing about this guy is that he wants to be cast early, else his high P/T and non-haste, non-evasion just makes him get chumped over and over, but yet his upkeep cost demands you have some sort of token engine set up to make his continued existence possible. I guess you could put him in mono-green or something, but green has better beaters and would rather overrun with all those elves you didn't sacrifice by not playing this card.
MasterOfEtherium
★☆☆☆☆ (1.6/5.0)(4 votes)
I Will Eat Your Soul - Aphex Twins
Stray_Dog
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Fun for newer players like myself to go back and see the Phyrexians on other planes :)
zarkman
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Turn one Swamp -> Dark Ritual -> Ornitopther Turn two Mountain -> Ornitopther -> Kuldotha Rebirth -> random black one-drop Turn three MOAR CREATURES! You can now feed it long enough to kill the other guy
divine_exodus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@zarkman: explain to me how your black mana from dark ritual carried over to the next turn and why you would even cast it when all you are doing is casting an ornithopter.
SIlverSkyz
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@divine_exodus
He just forgot to say Phyrexian Soulgorger turn 1. And the mana didn't carry over.
Atali
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Feels like a white weenie finisher to me, you'll likely have enough fodder to keep him around for a few turns, or use things like Whitemane Lion, Kor Skyfisher, or Dust Elemental to reset the upkeep counter.
@Stray_Dog: I remember feeling the same way when I first found out about Phyrexia and was looking through the various preconstructed decks on the site back in 2003; I remember actually drawing Phyrexians when in grade school, with my own pet card that I drew and proxied with my friends being "Phyrexian Dragon", a 5 mana dragon that was a 5/4 with flying and first strike, but made you pay 5 life when it came into play.
That's the thing that makes me think of Phyrexia as Magic's greatest villain; it's a constant presence with years of history behind it. Even when thought dead after Apocalypse, Phyrexia still returned with Coldsnap and Time Spiral block, and then they came back in full force with Scars of Mirrodin. Hopefully, we'll see them again soon. :-)
As for Soulgorger, this is one of the cards that made me go "Wow" when I first saw it. It's more of a Johnny card than a Timmy card, but it still appeals to my inner "rawr". It helps that the art is awesome.
I cannot tell you how many games I have won on the back of this play.
blindthrall
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@MOE: That song rocks.
@ParadOxymoron: Where do you get the three creatures to sac for the final swing? Or do you just Lava Axe for the difference?
BongRipper420
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
There aren't many better creatures built for an Eon Hub deck.
DoragonShinzui
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
An absolute monster. Very reminiscent of old-school Phyrexia. Not this new crap, with it's horrendously powerful creatures with no drawback, and it's poison counters, and it's actual winning and all that crap. Back in the old day, we had gargantuan, suicidal creatures that were impossible to maintain and ate up critters and life like it was closing time at the buffet. And it was GLORIOUS.
LordRandomness
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Hey, you can sacrifice it to itself to avoid having to sacrifice it because you failed to pay the upkeep!
...wait.
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
T1 birds, t2 this. Sounds like an interesting opener.
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The unfortunate thing about Cumulative Upkeep is that putting an age counter on it and paying the cost for each age counter are not seperate actions. Like, you can't remove the counter with Power Conduit before you've paid the associated cost.
4/5
Turn two Mountain -> Ornitopther -> Kuldotha Rebirth -> random black one-drop
Turn three MOAR CREATURES!
You can now feed it long enough to kill the other guy
He just forgot to say Phyrexian Soulgorger turn 1. And the mana didn't carry over.
15 mishras workshop
20 memnite
15 phyrexian soulgorger
10 tezzerets gambit
That's the thing that makes me think of Phyrexia as Magic's greatest villain; it's a constant presence with years of history behind it. Even when thought dead after Apocalypse, Phyrexia still returned with Coldsnap and Time Spiral block, and then they came back in full force with Scars of Mirrodin. Hopefully, we'll see them again soon. :-)
As for Soulgorger, this is one of the cards that made me go "Wow" when I first saw it. It's more of a Johnny card than a Timmy card, but it still appeals to my inner "rawr". It helps that the art is awesome.
Turn 2: Phyrexian Soulgorger.
Turn 3: Fists of Ironwood.
I cannot tell you how many games I have won on the back of this play.
@ParadOxymoron: Where do you get the three creatures to sac for the final swing? Or do you just Lava Axe for the difference?
...wait.