Father of Machines (Phyrexia Vorthos)

Commander / EDH Casual Mono-Black Theme/Gimmick Vorthos

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Creature (23)

• 1x Ascendant Evincar
• 1x Bone Shredder
• 1x Commander Greven il-Vec
• 1x Devouring Strossus
• 1x Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
• 1x Gixian Infiltrator
• 1x Gixian Puppeteer
• 1x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Minion of the Wastes
• 1x Order of Yawgmoth
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Phyrexian Dreadnought
• 1x Phyrexian Gargantua
• 1x Phyrexian Rager
• 1x Phyrexian Scuta
• 1x Phyrexian Walker
• 1x Plague Spitter
• 1x Priest of Gix
• 1x Skirge Familiar
• 1x Sleeper Agent
• 1x Stronghold Assassin
• 1x Tsabo's Assassin
• 1x Volrath the Fallen

Instant (5)

• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Hatred
• 1x Necrologia
• 1x Tsabo's Decree

Enchantment (13)

• 1x Festering Wound
• 1x Gate to Phyrexia
• 1x Greed
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x No Rest for the Wicked
• 1x Pestilence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Phyrexian Scriptures
• 1x Sadistic Glee
• 1x Sleeper's Guile
• 1x The Cruelty of Gix
• 1x Vile Requiem

Artifact (8)

• 1x Helm of Possession
• 1x Phyrexian Portal
• 1x Phyrexian Processor
• 1x Phyrexian Splicer
• 1x Planar Portal
• 1x Portal to Phyrexia
• 1x Predator, Flagship
• 1x Soul Conduit

Land (39)

• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 35x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Commander (1)

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Corrupt
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Exhume
• 1x Gix's Command
• 1x Phthisis
• 1x Profane Transfusion
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Yawgmoth's Vile Offering
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

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Maybeboard

Creature (28)

• 1x Body Snatcher
• 1x Carnifex Demon
• 1x Crazed Skirge
• 1x Defiler of Flesh
• 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
• 1x First-Sphere Gargantua
• 1x Gixian Skullflayer
• 1x Gurgling Anointer
• 1x Magus of the Mirror
• 1x Magus of the Will
• 1x Necroskitter
• 1x Phyrexian Broodlings
• 1x Phyrexian Colossus
• 1x Phyrexian Debaser
• 1x Phyrexian Defiler
• 1x Phyrexian Fleshgorger
• 1x Phyrexian Ghoul
• 1x Phyrexian Negator
• 1x Phyrexian Obliterator
• 1x Phyrexian Plaguelord
• 1x Plague Dogs
• 1x Plague Engineer
• 1x Plague Reaver
• 1x Priest of Yawgmoth
• 1x Ravenous Skirge
• 1x Sanguine Guard
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Unworthy Dead

Enchantment (21)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Blowfly Infestation
• 1x Crumbling Ashes
• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Dauthi Embrace
• 1x Dawn of the Dead
• 1x Diabolic Servitude
• 1x Engineered Plague
• 1x Fevered Convulsions
• 1x Font of Agonies
• 1x Infernal Genesis
• 1x Lurking Evil
• 1x Murderous Betrayal
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Nest of Scarabs
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Phyrexian Etchings
• 1x Subversion
• 1x Tainted AEther
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol

Land (6)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Peat Bog
• 1x Terrain Generator
• 1x Urborg

Artifact (10)

• 1x Belbe's Portal
• 1x Claws of Gix
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Eye of Yawgmoth
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Mirror Universe
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Phyrexian Totem
• 1x Phyrexian Vault
• 1x Ring of Gix

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Bubbling Muck
• 1x Cannibalize
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Extinction
• 1x Massacre
• 1x Repay in Kind
• 1x Reprocess
• 1x Unearth
• 1x Unmask

Instant (2)

• 1x Slaughter
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

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UPDATE- Well, I finally caved. I went all-in on the Old Phyrexia flavor at the expense of any semblance of playability- a worthy sacrifice for a proper tribute to the Ineffable, I say. This version is loosely built around sacrifice and life pay synergies, with the clearest win-con being paying enough life/getting hit enough to pull the ol' Soul Conduit and/or Profane Transfusion switcheroo on 'em (those being the only two cards that don't adhere strictly to the theme- I had to leave an out somewhere!)

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WE GOT YAWGMOTH GUYS (Dr. Yawgmoth MD, not Yawgmoth the dark god, but still.) I was SO hoping we would get him so I could make a Phyrexian companion to my Weatherlight deck. It's like Christmas for me right now.

At first I wanted to try to build it using just OG Phyrexia cards, but I quickly realized how limiting that was as 1) Despite my nostalgia for them, most of those old cards just aren't very good by modern standards and 2) Yawgmoth was obviously designed with infect in mind. So it ended up as a hybrid of old and new Phyrexia. Still, I made some pretty major sacrifices at the expense of flavor- for example, cards like Sleeper Agent and Phyrexian Dreadnought don't really gel here mechanically speaking (Despite the potentially hilarious combos with Glistening Oil and Hatred respectively). Nor do Volrath the Fallen, Commander Greven il-Vec, and Ascendant Evincar for that matter, but I mean, the guy needs his generals. It's true that subbing in a bunch of the cards down in the maybeboard would make this an objectively better deck, but dangit, if we're finally getting Yawgmoth on a card there's no way I'm not taking it straight to flavortown.

Enjoy! And of course, praise the Lord of the Wastes, may he deliver us from the weaknesses of our flesh and compel us ever toward perfection in life, in death, and in between.

Top Ranked	Achieved #5 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #3 position in Commander / EDH 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Casual 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Mono-Black 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.92
Tokens	Minion X/X B, Horror */* C
Folders	Commander, Yawgmoth, Lovely Fuckery, Not My Decks, Vorthos, EDH