"Eldrazi Phyrexians: A shelved Wotc plan."

"Eldrazi Phyrexians: A shelved Wotc plan."

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

The mere fact that this play test card existed is a testament that Wotc was considering Phyrexianizing the Eldrazi. However I think that that would be a mistake on their part.

It makes you wonder why no Phyrexian went to Innistrad's moon while knowing(most likely) that there was a potential asset that they could acquire to easily win the plane. Mama Emrakul was there. Why? I mean a single drop of oil is what it would really take. Or did the Phyrexians sense the anger of Emrakul and her influence before even approaching her?

This card however is a more plausible option , given that Old Kozilek and Ulamog were burned to a crisp by Chandra , Phyrexians just need a little bit of viable DNA. Now I am not sure if they could get that from the Eldrazi creature lines , but then again Phyrexians can just reverse engineer the progenitors from these scions and other beasts.

However , Wotc might have a little bit of trouble explaining how they can stop Eldrazi Phyrexians from spreading to the Blind Eternities and by extension into other planes. Maybe that is what stopped them from doing this whole plan. Maybe they are saving it up for later. 

Wotc has basically jailed every major baddie they have had in the past few years. So when the Phyrexians return (and they will return for sure) they would need to set their sights on some of these options.  With the introduction of new Eldrazi like Zhulodok , Azlask or even the fused Ulalek who knows how much the Phyrexians can regain in no time at all.  

Only time will tell.