Black-Green: SQUIRREL TOKENS Mad Mark Rosewater has finally gotten his way, and Squirrel tribal is back to dominate the once-too-serious realm of black-bordered Magic
think Ghalta, or the Ur-Dragon
Sure he can reanimate creatures in reds automatonic, transitory way, but its the blending of the picture, the flavor text, the mechanics, and the story behind a character that we all have heard of, but dont really know, that blends it all together into art
A 9/9 that blows up two permanents and draws two cards over the next few turns is absurd, though youll probably win before that point
Fortunately, it is indestructible, and the difficulty of turning it into a creature is actually a blessing much of the time, dodging nasty removal spells like Path to Exile and Toxic Deluge until youve gotten your mileage
Its near-exclusive focus on villains meant that New Phyrexia was unlike almost any other Magic set before it, and it's also the last expansion set to focus heavily on Phyrexian effects like Infect
