Whenever we get a return to New Phyrexia, I can see it being as hyped as War of the Spark, I think Karn will "save" Mirrodin, however the Praetors will find their way into another plane, except Urabrask I think he'll die aiding Karn and company
Maybe a 2.0 invasion on Dominaria or we'll end up going to Elspeth's home plane as a follow up to NP
I was gonna question why would would help but then I remembered he's the only phyrexian Who actually cares for the mirrans as crazy as that sounds (even though he still has bad In him) also part of the reason he refused to give atraxa the 5th color
So he could aid them if he's even alive remember elesh born conquered his realm and sheoldreds
I think Return to New Phyrexia will be the Amonkhet of the Bolas Arc, Karn&co will manage to help Mirrodin however something worse awaits them, just imagine Elesh Norn and the rest of the praetors going to Elspeth's home plane as they prepare to launch an invasion on Dominaria, I know it might sound cliche, but it would be a great throwback to old-lore
Also dunno if most people know this but, Phyrexias creator was a Planeswalker he died before Yawgmoth took over, he could also have a card sometime in the future however it would be kinda hard because a Phyrexian Yawgmoth itself would have to be bonkers broken, now imagine the creator of Phyrexia, that card would have to have a 20 cmc cost
I understand that
And yeah I know there was someone who ruled phyrexia before yawgmoth did
Whenever we get a return to New Phyrexia, I can see it being as hyped as War of the Spark, I think Karn will "save" Mirrodin, however the Praetors will find their way into another plane, except Urabrask I think he'll die aiding Karn and company
Maybe a 2.0 invasion on Dominaria or we'll end up going to Elspeth's home plane as a follow up to NP
I was gonna question why urabrask would help but then I remembered he's the only phyrexian Who actually saved the mirrans as crazy as that sounds (even though he still has bad In him) also part of the reason he refused to give atraxa the 5th color
So he could aid them if he's even alive remember elesh born conquered his realm and sheoldreds
But this is probably still a teaser for the phyrexians return though just not ixalan
Also core 2021 will probably have lore on the old phyrexians
(it's teferi focused and all the lore before the return to dominaria set pretty much him fighting the phyrexians)
Oh by the way marks if/when day from. Few weeks ago
2.0 of the praetors and poison counters in standard we're both big whens
And probably like last time you get benefit and they get the reverse (stax) but probably give them protection like the eternalized gods got
Mirrodin is dead. The Phyrexians took it all the way over and now with all five colors of mana at their disposal, god only knows what they've been up to over the last decade. New Phyrexia is certainly not a place we will see as a world in all its own - if anything we can expect it to show up like Phyrexia once did when Volrath tried to overlay Rath on Dominaria as a gateway or staging area for the Phyrexians to invade Dominaria.
As 5colors noted, Mirrodin Pure was a marketing gimmick. WOTC wanted us to be unsure of how the story would end, so the third set of the block was billed as New Phyrexia OR Mirrodin Pure. Mirrodin Pure was never made outside of a couple promo cards (One signet I think) that were tossed around. For those of you who remember, the whole set was leaked online before the official previews got underway, so some of the marketing was lost.
MARO and one or two other folks at WOTC have mentioned in the past that the Phyrexians are still out there and will be making a return as a villain in a future story sometime, but they wanted to give the Eldrazi and Nicol Bolas some time to shine as well as create some new boogeymen for us to duel with.
Most promising though was the flavor text and art for Fountain of Ichor in Modern Horizons. Ixalan is most certainly not prepared to fight off the Phyrexians without help and Phyrexian dinosaurs are bound to happen if that card was in fact an easter egg for future story developments (which I most certainly believe it is). While the mechanics and cards will be hard to predict, I imagine the Ichor getting into some Dinosaurs and maybe pirates, forcing the Vampires of the plane to call for help and step up to defend it. Huatli, Jace, and Vraska, (especially Huatli) will likely discover the invasion a little too late and have to make an interplanar call for help- what that will look like is anyone's guess, but the Phyrexians taking over another plane would be a huge issue for the multiverse for sure. It would have to evolve into a multiverse-wide event to stave these 'rexians off.
No Alison Luhr confirmed fountain of ichor on ixalan is not phyrexian related at all
I understand that
And yeah I know there was someone who ruled phyrexia before yawgmoth did
I was gonna question why urabrask would help but then I remembered he's the only phyrexian Who actually saved the mirrans as crazy as that sounds (even though he still has bad In him) also part of the reason he refused to give atraxa the 5th color
So he could aid them if he's even alive remember elesh born conquered his realm and sheoldreds
https://mobile.twitter.com/alisonthewizard/status/1134491192668766210
There you go
But this is probably still a teaser for the phyrexians return though just not ixalan
Also core 2021 will probably have lore on the old phyrexians
(it's teferi focused and all the lore before the return to dominaria set pretty much him fighting the phyrexians)
Oh by the way marks if/when day from. Few weeks ago
2.0 of the praetors and poison counters in standard we're both big whens
And probably like last time you get benefit and they get the reverse (stax) but probably give them protection like the eternalized gods got
No Alison Luhr confirmed fountain of ichor on ixalan is not phyrexian related at all
It's based of the gasoline brand sinclair
Second of all it's renamed new phyrexia