blue is the proliferate color. i can see some pretty good infect control deck being made, with these guys there to sneak in a point of damage to proliferate with.
ThisisSakon
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(5 votes)
Me gusta.
Poison your opponents early, then hit them later with a Chained Throatseaker? Why yes I will take four!
TwoStars
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(13 votes)
Something tells me that I'm going to hate this card soon.
Tommy9898
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(11 votes)
I am hoping so hard that the "James Bond" nick-name will stick with this guy.
jsttu
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This with the infect drake could be a good way to build a blue infect deck. add some corrupted consciences, contagion clasps, and some control and you have yourself a decent deck.
Deepfried-Owls
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(11 votes)
HNNNGHHHHGHGHGHH.
Cool.
krauser-gogetthegirl
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
wow this sucks. lol. i would like to use him. i would loath to be on the other end if i didnt have a pinger.
Vividice
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(4 votes)
Should have been a... NINJA!
Kryplixx
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
Giant Growth and such.. quick game...
MasterOfEtherium
★☆☆☆☆ (1.1/5.0)(7 votes)
Poison Counters Are Forever Forever......................FoooooorEvaaaaaaaaaa. Die Anotha Day MothaFu K a S
Tezz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The red phyrexian faction's ideology seems rather anarchistic. Huge hate for phyrexian white's dogma and blue's hunger for authority. Urabrask Anarchist WOO!
dberry02
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(6 votes)
This card is dedicated to all those idiots out there who have said: "My deck is good enough. It doesn't need spot removal."
CrazyLou
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Tick... tock... tick... tock...
EvilCartographer
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
All sorts of broken and all sorts of awesome. Blue Infect is getting huge boosts from this set.
Maxcoh
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
For one of the few blue-infectors, I wouldn't expect anything else. Its basically an Unblockable 2/1 for 2, so just the infect version of Phantom Warrior. The thing I like is despite its first impression, its not too unbalanced, until you put it in a U/G Infect deck, which then makes this card a possible T3 win: T1: Forest T2: Island, Blighted Agent T3: Forest, Attack -> Groundswellx2 + Mutagenic Growth, GG
It won't come up too often, but this, and 2-3 pump spells in hand T1 puts good odds on you at least doing some significant damage.
bigdeezy88
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(7 votes)
Phyrexian metamorph become blighted agent. Tezzeret make him a 5/5 please. G g
infernox10
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Let's be honest:
There's a reason why almost all infect decks run Plague Stinger.
This guy's another 2-drop in infect,
And I think it might be the best (2-drop) in the current environment.
Macsen
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Wow, poison is the bomb! Now I have a good reason to make a blue, black, and green deck again!
Polychromatic
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Blue/Black Infect Control is looking increasingly ridiculous and silly.
I love Infect. It's the best keyword to come to town in quite a while.
nimzo
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(11 votes)
should be uncommon
DeathDark
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I was hoping Wizards would give me the tools to fix Infect.
Currently being used as the other kiln fiend in my kiln fiend deck. I love this card.
count_dorku
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
bigdeezy88: don't worry about a Metamorph. Just tag this one with a Liquimetal Coating and you're all set.
SeiberTross
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
As far as {U}/{B} infect goes, this may is strictly better than Plague Stinger, but thankfully you can still run both.
AngelPhoenix
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I love Boakes2047's choice of the cloak and dagger almost as much as I love this card.
There's so many pieces of equipment from the old Mirrodin block that are so nasty on this guy, seriously like take your pick. The two best though I think are neurok stealthsuit and cranial plating. Cheap to play/equip, has the fast-switch, are artifacts themselves, and are blue and black respectively (currently the most prominent infecting colors).
That's why I love this card. On it's own it's solid but not game breaking. As soon as you slap some enchantments/equipment on him, loooook out.
Anubisisking
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Hmmm... honestly, I'm not sure if my blue black infect wants to run this guy... we'll have to see.
Vinifera7
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Seems like they pushed the power level of the "off color" infect guys in New Phyrexia to make them more playable.
Cheza
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Glad it is a rogue.
MarlinFlake
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Prowl FTW!
captain_cornpops
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If my deck were a movie, it would be a buddy-cop film starring this guy and Plague Stinger
Seriously, I get either of those two out, pump them like a mofo, and I'm usually victorious before I can even get my Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon out.
Easily my favorite card in the set. :D
GracefulInferno
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is a rather powerful card, guys. Just saying.
starfox444
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It holds up well late game. It goes very well with sword of feast and famine, practically guaranteeing you will get those lands untapped. Particularly useful for getting out and tapping Contagion Engine in the same turn.
Joseph_Leito
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If you're running an infect deck with blue in it, and you're not running 4 Blighted Agents, you're wrong. Only way it could be better is if it was 1/2 with no infect, and was a bird.
SgtSwaggr
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I like to refer to this card as Bond, James Bond.
Gareth32
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Dropped him into my casual Bant deck. I hope he'll be good friends with Rafiq.
Well this sucks. Sucks to be the defending player, I mean.
rawsugar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
with the possible exception of phyrexian crusader i'd say this is the best infect creature. uu cost would be balanced but this is so obviously u/g win...
Random pairing today: Mr. Unblockable STD over here + Snake Umbra. If the geezer survives, you have yourself a card-drawing 5-turn clock of totem-armour-wearing happiness :)
Marlo12345
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Invigorate works well with this guy in any color deck.
That's 7 poison counters on turn 3 and protection for you Agent. I've gotten this hand a few times. You're opponent will hate you forever.
OnceBlackNeverBack
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Blue/White with a bunch of white infect fliers, 4 of these guys, and cheap equipment. Unlike Growth, Equipment is permanent.
HappyBelge
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
XD I put four of these in my infect deck and loaded myself with a nice little weapon called Batterskull
Hanksingle
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
So, basically, the card was so good they figured the only way to slow it down was to give it horrible, horrible art? He appears to be stalking someone while holding a doorstop with not one, but two, badly drawn arms. I feel like a jerk for using this card.
Kitty_the_Kat
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Throw on Sword of Body and Mind and he can start to do some serious damage, while spawning chump blockers while milling and dealing massive Infect damage.
UsagiYojimbo
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(7 votes)
People like to say that infect "basically" just doubles the creatures power, as in "This is basically a 2/1 for 2," but this card, or more to the point, the Infect Combo decks built around this card, really illustrate how much of an understatement that is. Infect doubles a creature's power, doubles the effect of any power bonuses they receive and makes the damage they deal to creatures and players permanent.
@grandpraetor ARE YOU SERIOUS?! DID YOU JUST CALL NECROPEDE A BETTER CARD THAN AN UNBLOCKABLE 1/1 INFECT FOR 2
grandpraetor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@BrightOrangePants
Necropede can clear the board in the early game, even dying for removal. Think it against a Stromkirk Noble, or Bloodcrazed Neonate, Grim Lavamancer or even Blighted Agent. Like a early game removal.
Lazu
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This just turned into a two turn clock in my grand architect deck with a Silver-Inlaid Dagger.
Nucleon
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Innistrad makes me realize with horror that this thing is a Human. Oh let me see...
I like to run 4 with some angelic destiny and double cleaves. On 6th turn you can drop angelic destiny and double cleave for unblockable 10 poison. It works pretty well when opponent is tapped out. I'm a new player and just discovered the combo by accident. What y'all think?
Paleopaladin
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
That thing looks nothing like a human. Less human looking than the non-human Suture Priest
GrimjawxRULES
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Throw an Unstable Mutation on it. By the time this thing dies, it will have dealt exactly 10 damage to your opponent by itself (in 4 turns, no less!.
Xineombine
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The only time you'll see a verteran player use The black sword of death on a 1/1
atemu1234
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I always wonder- how/why the heck is that a human? Did the phyrexians just take a human give him a beak and staple a pass on his back that says unblockable?
bay_falconer
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's unblockable, has infect, and the color pie really doesn't exist in this particular block. Combo decks are back, witches!
Lifegainwithbite
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A great card because it will terrify your opponents into removing it asap, letting you play your deadlier stuff with one less removal to worry about.
Some often overlooked pump spells for our friend here are Invigorate and Wild Might. The one extra point Might gives over Groundswell is definitely worth it even for the extra mana thanks to the number of +4/+4 options (and obviously the +2/+2 option of Mutagenic Growth), being the all too crucial difference between 9 and 10 in a single swing. Might of Old Krosa is also a solid alternative to Groundswell, exchanging surprise value for reliability.
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
removal or gg.
Fortunately, he dies to everything. Might want to drop this with 3 or 4 mana to have counter mana.
car2n
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I missed on a fun set :(
Maxofthehouse
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
They basically have 10 turns to draw removal or die, mostly.
Vastator
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
As if infect wasn't dangerous enough already this thing just has to be unblockable as well.
... It's like getting the Black Death and then finding out you've got Aids and Ebola besides that.
------ That being said, you guys know all the "flipped table jokes?"
Yeah.
To quote a friend of mine: "I know you hate my token deck, but I f**king hate that infect deck of yours. I'm NOT playing against it."
ThatChrisFella
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Something along the lines of this happened to me today: Turn 1: Simic guildgate Turn 2: swamp, Blighted Agent Turn 3: Island, Skeletal Grimace. Attack for 2 unblockable infect Turn 4: Forest, Ana Sanctuary, Attack for 2 infect again Turn 5: Blighted Agent is now a 7/7 for this turn, due to having a blue and black permanent. Opponent was suddenly on 11 poison counters.
Blighted Agent is ridiculous. T1: Island T2: Forest, Blighted Agent T3: Forest, Phytoburst and Forced Adaptation. Attack for 6 unblockabld T4: Forest, basically anything that gives a +2/+2 buff. Let's say Blanchwood armor. Attack for 5 unblockable and win.
Daxos_of_Meletis
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is Phyrexia's version of a human. It's a good card, of course, but that's what strikes me most. That thing is still identifiable as a human.
Comments (76)
Poison your opponents early, then hit them later with a Chained Throatseaker? Why yes I will take four!
Cool.
T1: Forest
T2: Island, Blighted Agent
T3: Forest, Attack -> Groundswellx2 + Mutagenic Growth, GG
It won't come up too often, but this, and 2-3 pump spells in hand T1 puts good odds on you at least doing some significant damage.
Tezzeret make him a 5/5 please. G g
There's a reason why almost all infect decks run Plague Stinger.
This guy's another 2-drop in infect,
And I think it might be the best (2-drop) in the current environment.
I love Infect. It's the best keyword to come to town in quite a while.
I didn't expect them to break it for me.
There's so many pieces of equipment from the old Mirrodin block that are so nasty on this guy, seriously like take your pick. The two best though I think are neurok stealthsuit and cranial plating. Cheap to play/equip, has the fast-switch, are artifacts themselves, and are blue and black respectively (currently the most prominent infecting colors).
That's why I love this card. On it's own it's solid but not game breaking. As soon as you slap some enchantments/equipment on him, loooook out.
Seriously, I get either of those two out, pump them like a mofo, and I'm usually victorious before I can even get my Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon out.
Easily my favorite card in the set. :D
Only way it could be better is if it was 1/2 with no infect, and was a bird.
I like the new look.
Sucks to be the defending player, I mean.
That's 7 poison counters on turn 3 and protection for you Agent. I've gotten this hand a few times. You're opponent will hate you forever.
Necropede can clear the board in the early game, even dying for removal. Think it against a Stromkirk Noble, or Bloodcrazed Neonate, Grim Lavamancer or even Blighted Agent. Like a early game removal.
Bonds of Faith
Curse of Stalked Prey
Elder Cathar
Hamlet Captain
Inquisitor's Flail
Mikaeus, the Lunarch
Silver-Inlaid Dagger
The best color combo seems to be WU. Cue budget Standard deck idea. http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=279831
Silver-Inlaid Dagger has been mentioned before, but Bonds of Faith looks like the real winner here for sheer versatility.
(I would run Reckless Charge instead of the souleaters if I had them)
4x Blighted Agent
4x Glistener Elf
4x Elvish Spirit Guide
4x Simian Spirit Guide
3x Immolating Souleater (currently use in case my infecters get picked-off early)
4x Groundswell
3x Giant Growth
4x Mutagenic Growth
4x Unstable Mutation
4x Assault Strobe
4x Teetering Peaks
8x Forest
10x Island
Fortunately, he dies to everything. Might want to drop this with 3 or 4 mana to have counter mana.
... It's like getting the Black Death and then finding out you've got Aids and Ebola besides that.
------
That being said, you guys know all the "flipped table jokes?"
Yeah.
To quote a friend of mine: "I know you hate my token deck, but I f**king hate that infect deck of yours. I'm NOT playing against it."
Turn 1: Simic guildgate
Turn 2: swamp, Blighted Agent
Turn 3: Island, Skeletal Grimace. Attack for 2 unblockable infect
Turn 4: Forest, Ana Sanctuary, Attack for 2 infect again
Turn 5: Blighted Agent is now a 7/7 for this turn, due to having a blue and black permanent. Opponent was suddenly on 11 poison counters.
Blighted Agent is ridiculous.
T1: Island
T2: Forest, Blighted Agent
T3: Forest, Phytoburst and Forced Adaptation. Attack for 6 unblockabld
T4: Forest, basically anything that gives a +2/+2 buff. Let's say Blanchwood armor. Attack for 5 unblockable and win.