I’m pretty excited about this upcoming Magic the Gathering set. I’ve decided to make a top 5 list regarding the cards i’m the most interested in on New Phyrexia. Infect, big creatures, equipment, and finishing off a great storyline make New Phyrexia the great culmination of the invasion that started so long ago (where art thou Urza?). Spanning the Brother’s War (Antiquities, the Dark, Ice Age, Urza’s Block, Invasion, Apocalypse, Planeshift, etc), and the all have finally become one with Phyrexia.
So without further ado, let my New Phyrexia top 5 begin.
Arm with Aether is the quintessential blue card. Not that there are a ton of blue beats, but plenty of unblockable ones. Slap this one out and suddenly your wiping the board clean. Combo this with the myriad of shroud guys out there, and suddenly your blue army is wreaking havoc through enemy lines.
Hex Parasite. Finally a card that is anti-counter. An artifact that will eat up planeswalkers, charge counters, mana lands, you name it. I’m personally glad Hex Parasite isn’t a color AND it has phyrexian mana to boot. So welcome to every multiplayer game to eat up those pesky counters.
Glistener Elf. What every infect deck sorely needed. You can blast your opponent comboed with Groundswell and Mirran Mettle. A first turn irritant, it really improved all infect decks to become a viable option. For legacy, how about Bounty of the Hunt, or Invigorate? 
Glistening Oil really looks like a good play. Slap it on your opponent’s crud to victimize any 1/1′s. Put it on something late game to prevent you taking those final few points of damage. If you want your guy to hit the graveyard, use it to combo into something. A versatile card, this guy could be important in the next set as well if INNISTRAD has any infect (which I doubt, but one never knows).
Bludgeon Brawl. The prototypical red card. Turn your Zuran Orb into a zero power hammer, or your Ivory Tower into something that deals damage. Ah, red..you never seem to think of someway to hurt someone.
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