Black is bound to have some decent cards for this spoiler season, i think i should be sufficently surprised when it all comes down to it, let's hope there are some good enough cards to warrant the change in drafting order which i discussed in a previous article look back to find it.
#39) Black Sun's Zenith - Well this is a decent sweeper, much better then infest as it has X mana in it's cost and it deals it in the form of -1/-1 counters, sounds to me this is just another phyrexian way of saying we will win the war.
#40) Caustic Hound - Wow a 4/4 for 6, common filler next
#41) Flensermite - Another decent common for the set, 1/1 for a lifelink/infecter and it only costs 2 it's decent for limited and that, but not really much else going on here.
#42) Flesh-Eater Imp - Flying and infect, with a pump effect for sacrificing a creature, decent, late game material and all that, for 4 mana it's a decent common for black and perhaps beats out a little 1/1 infecter for a pick.
#43) Go for the Throat - Uh doom blade guy, your buddy called he wants his card back, this is essentially the new doom blade for standard rather 5-8 for main decks that run removal or sideboard for removal, uncommon, instant speed 2 mana and it blows up non artifact creatures including other black cards. wait it's better then Doom Blade.
#44) Gruesome Encore - Basically it's a act of treason for graveyards and it's a quick one but it is great for stealing other people's creatures and dealing combat damage to them for a mere 3 mana, expect this to be a limited pick only.
#45) Horrifying Revelation - A decent 1 drop spell that is kind of slow in limited or any other format, it makes you discard and mill a card, so a 2 for 1 isn't bad really but not good either.
#46) Massacre Wurm - Oh dear lord this is the 10th mythic of the set, it sweeps the board of all the weaklings when it hits the board, whenever something dies that isn't under your control, it's controller loses 2 life it's a 6/5 body for 6 mana need i say more, where can i get me some of this.
#47) Morbid Plunder - Think rise from the grave except no zombie sub type is added to this one, a decent 3 drop spell but overall a tad limited material only
#48) Nested Ghoul - Ok then let's see from mythics to this it's effect is not that useful but it does put out replacement tokens, here's our token generator that is for sure, not bad but not good.
#49) Phyresis - A enchantment that brings a infect deck to new heights for a cheap 2 mana 1 and a black it makes a non infecter a infect creature, good for corruption and brings together that last piece of the puzzle i feel.
#50) Phyrexian Crusader - Another rare slot filled, but wow, pro white, pro red, this is the Black Knight but better and it has infect and first strike which means this is just a big enough body to take on things that are twice as large as it, i hope though it turns out to be played more then just once or twice to warrant being a good or decent rare for the set, but then again we will see when it comes time for prerelease.
#51) Phyrexian Rager - It's good to see a old favorite back in the mix, the rager has been severly missed in standard as of this point and it's most welcome in the phyrexian armadas, 2/2 for a standard 3 drop that draws a card and forces a loss of 1 life when it hits the battlefield, as usual sign in blood cut in half, card draw is nice too.
#52) Phyrexian Vatmother - Wow something that poisons the player that controls this, not bad for a 4/5 beatstick it's also good, wish it had evasion or something else though but a good rare nonetheless.
#53) Sangromancer - 4 mana for this rare, sheesh this is weird to see a 3/3 with flying in this set, however let's break this one down, when a opponent's creature dies you get 3 life, when a opponent discards a card you get 3 life need i say more, also need i mention this is a rare?
#54) Scourge Servant - Another infecter for a high cost, 5 mana for a 3/3 infecter at a common level, might be limited material but Skittles is still far superior, also this has no special abilites other then infect next!
#55) Septic Rats - A rat that has a effect with poison counters, for a 2/2 this is not that bad and it has infect as well seriously oh did i mention it's the same cost as Relentless Rats, a 1, black and a black. so yeah it's pretty good me thinks, so far anyways.
#56) Spread the Sickness - Finally a creature destruction spell that is not 3 or lower, has proliferate the mechanic from the last set and is a sorcery, drafting seems like it would favour phyrexia now and that, but no one can truly say.
#57) Virulent Wound - Another decent spell for 1 mana, it's different to say the least and not really standard material unless a infect deck is the route you choose, though it's nice as a interrupt.
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