- The WU faction is honestly the hardest for me to picture since the W and U phyrexian factions want radically different things. I would say they probably resemble the most the Progress Engine in terms of desiring perfection and experimenting for it, but having a more dogmatic bent (Jin already has his "Gitaxian standards" and Silver Etchings, imagine that but to an irrational extreme).
- The UB faction is pretty much classical Phyrexia: sleeper agents everywhere, careful about compleation, internal backstabbing, personal perfection with an means to an end.
- The BR faction would be individualistic and probably internally tormented like the canon Quiet Furnace. They could be a rebellion... or a bunch of sadists (and masochists) that make Slaanesh blush, like Tsabo Tavoc.
- The RG faction would be as Vorinclex desires: no thinking, just the stronger devouring the weak all the time. In a way also classical Phyrexia, given the first layer jungles and all.
- The GW faction would be the most interested in assimilation for multiversal peace, suturing everyone and everything together into a single organism. Some influence from G mana could also give them a ferocious bent, as Ajani's lines on Arena do voice some mild social darwinism.
- The WB faction could be like the old phyrexian inner circles, maintaining order and structure through feudalism. They could remain genuinely loyal to the Parent of Machines... but not to each other, whom they continuously saboutage.
- Predictably, UR gets to be the "liberal" factions, uninterested in compleating non-voluntaries and instead focused on their own little projects. The most rational and reasonable of the Barney bunch.
- BG is a Phyrexia content to take things slowly, like Kraynox. It builds infection over time and reutilises the dead, but it is patient in its goals. Slowly but surely, the contagion outnumbers the uncompleat, and no a single drop of blood may be needed to perform the Great Work.
- RW is kinda fascinating because it can go into two radically different directions: either full on rebellion against the system or the most fanatically ardent to the Phyrexian dogma. For the sake of creativity I imagine them as a legion of knights and clerics focused on pain as a concept: pain because phyresis demmeands pain, and to correct "mistakes" like empathy. Don't worry, being flayed is for your own good.
- GU is hard to reinvent in a genuinely creative way, since Phyrexia is basically like the Simic already. Maybe they could be the rare phyrexian faction with a hint of true spiritual essence, seeing a holistic path to compleation.
- I think the White/Blue faction would be the research and development. Is an interesting departure since this combination is mostly associated with law and governance.
- Intel and invasion preparations for Blue/Black obviously.
- Probably shock troupes for Black/Red and furnace work, otherwise too independent from the system.
- Developing war beasts as typical for Red/Green and divining the nature of strength. May be in opposition to the White/Blue faction in a more extreme version of what Jin-Gitaxias and Vorinclex have.
- Religious commune for the Green/White. May pull a Norn and get in charge, in which case all of Phyrexia is eventually sutured together.
- Otherwise White/Black retains the powerful position, serving right under the Parent of Machines.
- Blue/Red is technically responsible for furnace work and research and development, but probably isolate themselves from the rest for their own safety
- Green/Black is responsible for bioweapons and recycling.
- Red/White under the flaggelating knights interpretation serve as the armada and work closely with other factions so pain is appropriately dispensed during compleation.
- Green/Blue are probably take a page of Benzir's book and believe in concepts like nature spirits or whatever. They technically feel a research and development role but do so in a less intrusive manner, making them at odds with the Red/White faction.
Green-Blue could be personal perfection. They want to bring out the best in everyone, which is a neat overlap between green and blue. On the surface it sounds very core-phyrexian, but they wouldn't care that much about domination and spreading, more about being the best they could be, verging very closely to the "compleating only the willing" if it weren't for their lack of understanding why some things may not want to be compleated.
Like in canon, I invision the White factions dominating due to being better organised and working in tandem. The White/Black faction is the closest thing to a government as they are right underneath the Parent of Machines, the Green/White faction focuses on converting/infecting while the White/Blue faction fouses on perfecting the victims, and the fanatical Red/White form blazing legions to anhilate the unworthy and monitor all compleations closely so they are painful.
Honestly it is good to talk about this because honestly in phyrexia all will be one it’s like almost every creature in the set besides the surviving mirrans are gonna be phyrexians
so If we talk about their 2 color combo possibles that could be what the archetypes are about.
I'm not sure if they'll do a set that will be almost all phyrexian. Although, having that said, I am not sure how else they're gonna structure Phyrexia All will be One.
I'm not sure if they'll do a set that will be almost all phyrexian. Although, having that said, I am not sure how else they're gonna structure Phyrexia All will be One.
Atleast around 3/4 zone of the sets creatures will probably have phyrexians typing.
What I’m saying here is good to talk the phyrexians of the two color combinations because vast majority of the creatures will be phyrexians
Yes, barring maybe some Mirran survivors I think this will be like errat'd New Phyrexia, where almost everything is a Phyrexian, probably because after March of the Machine there will be none like with the Eldrazi.
Anyway, back on topic please.
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This got me thinking:
- The WU faction is honestly the hardest for me to picture since the W and U phyrexian factions want radically different things. I would say they probably resemble the most the Progress Engine in terms of desiring perfection and experimenting for it, but having a more dogmatic bent (Jin already has his "Gitaxian standards" and Silver Etchings, imagine that but to an irrational extreme).
- The UB faction is pretty much classical Phyrexia: sleeper agents everywhere, careful about compleation, internal backstabbing, personal perfection with an means to an end.
- The BR faction would be individualistic and probably internally tormented like the canon Quiet Furnace. They could be a rebellion... or a bunch of sadists (and masochists) that make Slaanesh blush, like Tsabo Tavoc.
- The RG faction would be as Vorinclex desires: no thinking, just the stronger devouring the weak all the time. In a way also classical Phyrexia, given the first layer jungles and all.
- The GW faction would be the most interested in assimilation for multiversal peace, suturing everyone and everything together into a single organism. Some influence from G mana could also give them a ferocious bent, as Ajani's lines on Arena do voice some mild social darwinism.
- The WB faction could be like the old phyrexian inner circles, maintaining order and structure through feudalism. They could remain genuinely loyal to the Parent of Machines... but not to each other, whom they continuously saboutage.
- Predictably, UR gets to be the "liberal" factions, uninterested in compleating non-voluntaries and instead focused on their own little projects. The most rational and reasonable of the Barney bunch.
- BG is a Phyrexia content to take things slowly, like Kraynox. It builds infection over time and reutilises the dead, but it is patient in its goals. Slowly but surely, the contagion outnumbers the uncompleat, and no a single drop of blood may be needed to perform the Great Work.
- RW is kinda fascinating because it can go into two radically different directions: either full on rebellion against the system or the most fanatically ardent to the Phyrexian dogma. For the sake of creativity I imagine them as a legion of knights and clerics focused on pain as a concept: pain because phyresis demmeands pain, and to correct "mistakes" like empathy. Don't worry, being flayed is for your own good.
- GU is hard to reinvent in a genuinely creative way, since Phyrexia is basically like the Simic already. Maybe they could be the rare phyrexian faction with a hint of true spiritual essence, seeing a holistic path to compleation.
- I think the White/Blue faction would be the research and development. Is an interesting departure since this combination is mostly associated with law and governance.
- Intel and invasion preparations for Blue/Black obviously.
- Probably shock troupes for Black/Red and furnace work, otherwise too independent from the system.
- Developing war beasts as typical for Red/Green and divining the nature of strength. May be in opposition to the White/Blue faction in a more extreme version of what Jin-Gitaxias and Vorinclex have.
- Religious commune for the Green/White. May pull a Norn and get in charge, in which case all of Phyrexia is eventually sutured together.
- Otherwise White/Black retains the powerful position, serving right under the Parent of Machines.
- Blue/Red is technically responsible for furnace work and research and development, but probably isolate themselves from the rest for their own safety
- Green/Black is responsible for bioweapons and recycling.
- Red/White under the flaggelating knights interpretation serve as the armada and work closely with other factions so pain is appropriately dispensed during compleation.
- Green/Blue are probably take a page of Benzir's book and believe in concepts like nature spirits or whatever. They technically feel a research and development role but do so in a less intrusive manner, making them at odds with the Red/White faction.
so If we talk about their 2 color combo possibles that could be what the archetypes are about.
Atleast around 3/4 zone of the sets creatures will probably have phyrexians typing.
What I’m saying here is good to talk the phyrexians of the two color combinations because vast majority of the creatures will be phyrexians
Anyway, back on topic please.