Phyrexian Mite Tribal Update: March of the Machine

Update (March of the Machine):

In: Glissa, Herald of Predation , Out: Golden Argosy

In: Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos , Out: Expand the Sphere

In: Grafted Butcher , Out: Slaughter Singer

Phyrexian is a creature type that was introduced in Kaldheim, and was retroactively added as far back as Antiquities. In March of the Machine Phyrexian tribe got creature type support so my Phyrexian Mite tribal deck is now supported even more. Not all Phyrexian support cards are optimal for our build, but there are some great upgrades.

Glissa, Herald of Predation is a card that can work as a great Incubator token producer and transforms them for free, but most of the time in Phyrexian Mite tribal, we will use her third ability. Giving our Phyrexian Mites first strike and deathtouch until end of turn, not only it makes them able to kill everything, but in fact it makes the oppponent choose, either to block and loose his creatures or to get hit and get poison counters. It’s a win-win condition for us! Moreover, deathtouch enables a combo with Fynn, the Fangbearer that can make our Mites finishers. Last but not least, Glissa interacts greatly with Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos as she can transform the Incubators for free.

Golden Argosy was the hardest cut. It is a great card for the deck too, but Glissa fits more both in flavor and in overall synergy with our strategies.

Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos can be an amazing source of proliferate in our deck. His Incubator creation can add more depth to our deck and with the help of Glissa, Herald of Predation we can build an army easily and fast which is not bad for an alternate secondary strategy.

Expand the Sphere is also good, but not so consistent about proliferate. Since our deck scores high on ramp, we can afford the cut to focus more on proliferate.

Grafted Butcher is an amazing Phyrexian lord that buffs our Mites with +1/+1 and gives them Menace on EtB which is very powerful as evasion is extra deadly in our deck. On top of that, with and sacrificing an artifact or creature he has self-recursion (that also means new EtB that trigger Menace on our Mites). A really powerful card with great synergy with Phyrexian Mite tribal.

Slaughter Singer seems inferior to Grafted Butcher, as it buffs our Mites only temporary (when they attack and until end of turn), and provides no evasion. Grafted Butcher seems a clear upgrade for our build.

The Seedcore is a great land for Phyrexian Tribal support. Moreover, it supports our Mites with its Corrupted ability, as they are 1/1’s.