"Phyrexian Triniform: It's Tripling time!"

 "Phyrexian Triniform: It's Tripling time!"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

I used to look at the Wurmcoil Engine and have a headache. It was a menace to deal with as it takes a good removal spell and still leaves 2 3/3 Wurm tokens on the battlefield that can still ruin my day. Those days are good and gone and it has been awhile since I was on the receiving end of a Wurmcoil Engine attack.

So imagine the headache that I had when I read the words Phyrexian followed by Triniform. A golem from New Phyrexia. I was excited to read on.

It was a 9 mana costed 9/9 artifact creature that is impressive as a better on it's own but reminds me so much of those Wurmcoil Engine headahces as when it dies it leaves three 3/3 Golems on the battlefield. 

But wait there is more to this headache. It also features the Encore Mechanic.

So for the measly cost of 12 mana(dedicated Artifact EDH decks seems to know how to cough up all this mana fast. Especially with Krark Clan Ironworks or Ashnod's altar in play.) for each opponent that you have you can make a token of this card and attacks these opponents when able. They gain Haste. Exile them at the end of the next end step.

So for simplicitys sake let us say that you have 3 opponents. You activate the Phyrexian Triniform's Encore and have 3 9/9 golems attacking (assuming that you made the good decision of using Encore before your attack phase). So if the 9/9 Golems land via a lack of blockers on your opponents parts you dealt almost 1/4 of their life. 

These 9/9 Golems are sacrificed at the end of your turn which would leave you with Nine 3/3 Golems on the battlefield. Which can potentially deal 27 points of damage on your next turn! Whichever way you look at it your opponents would have to respond or one of them will be facing elimination or even sustained damage on the next few turns.

We better get all those Golem tokens in storage. We would be needing this time around.