Overview:

This Orzhov Phyrexian tribal deck helmed by Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos focuses on generating Incubator tokens, proliferating poison counters, and leveraging death/ETB synergies. The commander enables a steady stream of Incubators while acting as a proliferate engine when Phyrexians die. The deck aims to win through incremental poison pressure (toxic creatures, Norn's Decree, proliferate triggers) or life drain via Scheming Aspirant/Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim, with a backup plan of overwhelming with transformed Incubators. Brimaz is critical for token generation and proliferate access but isn’t strictly essential once key engines are online.

Primer:

Core Strategy Execution:

1. Early Setup (Turns 1-4): Deploy toxic 1-drops (Crawling Chorus, Bilious Skulldweller), ramp with Sol Ring/Arcane Signet, and cast Phyrexian value pieces like Blightbelly Rat or Metastatic Evangel to start proliferating.
2. Midgame Engine (Turns 4-6): Resolve Brimaz and cast Phyrexian creatures to generate Incubators. Use Throne of Geth to sacrifice Incubators for proliferate triggers. Activate Karn's Bastion or Gulping Scraptrap death triggers to amplify poison/Incubator counters.
3. Endgame (Turns 7+): Close with poison via proliferated counters, swing with massive transformed Incubators (enabled by Attentive Skywarden), or drain with Scheming Aspirant. Recur key pieces like Massacre Wurm or Noxious Gearhulk using Moira and Teshar.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 2-3 lands (including color sources).
• Prioritize early toxic creatures, ramp, or a critical mass of Phyrexian bodies.
• Look for synergy pairs: Drivnod, Carnage Dominus + sacrifice outlets, Elesh Norn + token generators.

Key Tips:

• Sacrifice Incubators to Ashnod's Altar for mana to fuel more spells.
• Use Phyrexian Scriptures to wipe non-Phyrexians while preserving your board.
• Sculpting Steel can copy Norn's Wellspring for doubled draw potential.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• Struggles against mass artifact/enchantment removal (wipes Incubators and key pieces like Sculpted Perfection).
• Minimal stack interaction makes it vulnerable to combo decks.

Moderate

• Relies heavily on creature-based synergies; board wipes reset progress.
• Slow poison clock gives opponents time to find answers.

Minor

• Limited card advantage outside specific engines.
• High dependency on resolving Brimaz for consistent Incubator generation.

Most Important Cards:

• Elesh Norn (Doubles ETB triggers, hoses opponents' strategies)
• Drivnod, Carnage Dominus (Amplifies death-based proliferate/drain effects)
• Throne of Geth (Sacrifices Incubators for on-demand proliferate)
• Ashnod's Altar (Mana acceleration from Incubators)
• Norn's Decree (Passive poison pressure and card denial)
• Moira and Teshar (Recurrence engine for key creatures)
• Phyrexian Scriptures (Asymmetric board wipe + graveyard hate)
• Scheming Aspirant (Life drain proliferate payoff)
• Blight Titan (Mass Incubator generation from graveyard setup)
• Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim (Incremental life drain engine)

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 4/10

• Slow setup; poison wins typically require 5+ proliferate triggers, achievable around T8-10 in ideal scenarios.

Resilience: 5/10

• Moderate recursion (Geth, Thane of Contracts, Victimize) but folds to repeated board wipes.

Consistency: 5/10

• Limited tutors and draw engines make key pieces situational, though Phyrexian density helps.

Interaction: 4/10

• Spot removal (Swords to Plowshares, Mortify) and stax (Phyrexian Censor) exist but lack versatility.

Rating Justification:

This deck operates as a synergistic midrange build with a T8-10 poison/drain clock, hampered by slow setup and vulnerability to disruption. Its focused Phyrexian theme and proliferate engines elevate it above precons, but inconsistent acceleration and protection cap its power.

Power level: 4.0 - 4.5