Praetors before Phyrexia
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Posted on March 10, 2022, 2:29 p.m. by legendofa
Are the praetors compleated versions of humans/humanoids, original creations made by Phyrexians or Phyrexia itself, or something else? Where did the praetors come from?
Elesh Norn is roughly human, give or take a gigantic head crest. Likely of humanoid origin.
Jin-Gitaxias has the basic head, torso, two arms, two legs, but that's as human as he gets. Pure Phyrexian?
Sheoldred is humanoid torso on arachnid- or crustacean-based abdomen. Probably humanoid origin, modified in a similar way to Phyrexian Gargantua or Phyrexian Rager here or here.
Urabrask is quadrupedal, but all I get from the card art is a big, muscular, metal-plated thing with a long whippy tail. Maybe a completed beast of some sort? Does another card have a better view? The Planeswalker's Guide to New Phyrexia art implies some measure of bipedalness.
Vorinclex is my most complete theory, and therefore most likely to be way off base. I think Vorinclex is a completed Fangren of some type (Firstborn, Hunter, Marauder, Pathcutter). The head is similar enough, although Vorinclex's crest is hugely exaggerated and fused with the shoulder plates. With the limbs partially skeletonized and reinforced, and additional body mass including a secondary set of arms, I think a Fangren could be twisted into Vorinclex relatively easily.
There's old lore somewhere that I remember mentioning that Vorinclex was grown in the core of mirrodin/phyrexia, I think the others are pure phyrexians as well.
March 10, 2022 6:18 p.m.
Unlife Would you have a source, or a idea of a source for the lore? I'd like to check it out.
TheRealSpecialK That's interesting. I hadn't noticed that before.
March 10, 2022 9:40 p.m.
Unlife Thanks for digging that out! If I read it so long ago, I forgot pretty much everything it.
TheRealSpecialK says... #2
For Urabrask the Hidden, check out the similarities between it and Furnace Dragon.
March 10, 2022 3:54 p.m.