Plague Myr

Artifact Creature — Myr

Infect

{T}: Add 1 to your mana pool.

Discussion (49)

RNR_Gaming on [EDH] Eldrazi Kozilek Deck

1 month ago

You could always add in some colorless dorks. Plague Myr, Hedron Crawler, Manakin and Walking Atlas all do some work in budget decks.

JANKYARD_DOG on MTG terms for the virus

2 months ago

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king-saproling on March of the Fist Sun

2 months ago

You might like these: Haazda Marshal, Skyknight Vanguard, Hanweir Garrison, Thopter Engineer, Blade Splicer, Ghirapur Gearcrafter, Pia Nalaar, Seasoned Pyromancer, Silverwing Squadron, Kjeldoran Home Guard, Gold Myr, Iron Myr, Plague Myr, Hedron Crawler, Manakin, Tempt with Vengeance

TheVectornaut on Searing Infection

3 months ago

Most of my experience with infect comes from playing simic, but I have played the mechanic in all 5 colors. In terms of power, green is the most effective color to play by a very VERY large margin. You get access to the best infect creature in Glistener Elf (along with the slower and safer option of Blight Mamba), you get trample sources to push through damage with Ichorclaw Myr such as Rancor, Predator's Strike, and Larger Than Life, you get protection bundled with buffs in the form of Vines of Vastwood, Ranger's Guile, and Blossoming Defense, and you get the largest pool of very strong power boosts in the form of Mutagenic Growth, Invigorate, Scale Up, Might of Old Krosa, Berserk, Become Immense, Groundswell, Phytoburst, Noble Hierarch, and Pendelhaven. Since infect is an all-or-nothing sort of archetype, even when running the less aggressive versions, the most important characteristics that you need are speed, protection, and evasion. Green offers two of those things in spades but can struggle with evasion. This is why blue is generally considered the next best color to run. You get the insane threat of Blighted Agent, unblockable buffs with Distortion Strike and Aqueous Form, and protection from spells via Spell Pierce, Dispel, Turn Aside, and the odd Spellskite. Black is the next best. Plague Stinger's flying isn't as good as the unblockable on a Blighted Agent but it's still very powerful evasion as illustrated by the ubiquity of Inkmoth Nexus in every non-budget infect list ever made. Black also nets useful control tools like Thoughtseize, Inquisition of Kozilek, Fatal Push, Dismember, and Assassin's Trophy. White was considered the worst infect color for a very long time since its best option (Apostle's Blessing) can be used in any deck, but the recent introduction of Giver of Runes has breathed some life back into the color. Additionally, I've seen a lot of equipment lists popping up that use Colossus Hammer, Kor Duelist, Sigarda's Aid, and Kor Outfitter to see some success. Unfortunately, that leaves red as the current worst color to run in infect. It has some decent buffs but they pale in comparison to green's offerings. The result is that most red infect decks rely on gimmicks like using Razor Swine's first strike to wither enemy creatures, generating infinite mana to pump into an unblocked Ogre Menial, or putting Phyresis on something like a Spikeshot Elder to bypass combat altogether. Your instant tricks definitely fall in this category. That's not necessarily a bad thing though. If your meta is casual enough, red should still work and it will be much more interesting to play with / fun to play against than a more traditional deck. How competitive you want to be is always up to you.

To answer your specific questions, I would probably start by cutting a few creatures. Most lists run about 12 infect sources (and that's including a playset of Inkmoth Nexus). With Hand of the Praetors on your top end, running 16-20 isn't that unreasonable, at least as long as all of them are good. Infect creatures usually become "bad" when they cost more than 2. That's why I wouldn't usually recommend running Ichor Rats or Septic Rats. Both Necropede and Plague Myr are perfectly acceptable inclusions with very similar power levels. They'll rarely be better than Plague Stinger or Ichorclaw Myr but that's okay if you just want more guys to play. As for Vector Asp, it's honestly a pretty bad choice in most circumstances. While you usually won't need to activate it more than 2 or 3 times to win the game, that mana would be better spent elsewhere, and it doesn't even trigger the Hand. However, given the choice of it and a 3-drop, I'd probably take the snake, especially since it would be your only proactive play on turn 1 (barring the inclusion of Glistener Elf or Inkmoths). Better though would just be to run neither and invest in more buff spells to assist in combat and trigger Livewire Lash. I do like the idea of those spells having cycling in theory, but in practice, the mana needed to cycle can short you of the resources needed to close out the game. Plus, cycling spells tend to cost more to account for the added ability. Cycling lands on the other hand should be fine as long as they come in untapped, although it looks like that only describes Ash Barrens and Blasted Landscape. Just like with creatures, I wouldn't run any spells that cost more than 2 unless they can win you the game like Soul's Fire can. This will also allow you to run 20 lands or fewer, opening up even more slots for gas. I apologize if I'm repeating myself about the low-cost-high-speed thing but that is basically the reason the infect mechanic exists. If you prefer a slow and more controlling style, Rakdos wither built around Necroskitter is a fun option that has some overlap with infect.

Thick_propheT on Searing Infection

3 months ago

Thanks for all the suggestions. I was wondering about a lot of the things your brought up.

I haven't played this deck yet, but I'm already concerned about not having any creature protection. I originally tried to have some defensive capability in the deck, but it felt like the intent and capability of the deck became too diluted as I added those sorts of things. There must be some sort of balance there, but I'm not sure how to achieve it.

I also wasn't sure exactly how many creatures to add and which ones. I'm wondering if I should run fewer creatures overall to make room for more defensive spells. I did have Plague Stinger in at one point but replaced it. My thinking was it would be more useful to have a creature that could give itself +/+. The utility of a flyer is a good idea though, so I probably will put that back in. I had considered adding Vector Asp, but decided against it, since you'd have to pay a any time you wanted it to have infect. This seems counter productive, but I must be not fully seeing the benefit of the asp. Could you elaborate on it? Another creature I was wondering about is Plague Myr. Its intended use is as a mana dork, but I'm wondering if it wouldn't be better to replace it with something that fills the role a little better. If it's just a mana dork, does it really even need infect?

I had trouble deciding what spells to include. In my play testing, I found that my hand could easily get bogged down by spells that weren't useful early game. That's why most of the ones you've suggested replacing have cycling. If it's not useful yet, I can just dump it until I find something I need. I think your suggestions to replace those and also lower the cost of creatures would probably solve that issue though. With cheaper creatures AND spells, I'd be able to do more per turn.

Wild Defiance is very intriguing. I'm definitely not opposed to splashing in another color and was actually considering switching black out for green. I do generally prefer playing decks with black in them though. Do you have any other suggestions for a green splash?

Goblin_Guide on This_is_your_commander_speaking

4 months ago

Ok so if you build Kozilek I have some cards that might be nice.

Starting with the ramp/card draw/etc:

Teferi's Puzzle Box

Blinkmoth Urn

Boompile

Phyrexian Revoker

Argentum Armor

Kyren Toy

Pristine Talisman

Burnished Hart

Rogue's Gloves

Jhoira's Familiar

Fellwar Stone

Expedition Map

Plague Myr

Darksteel Ingot

Tormod's Crypt

Ichor Wellspring

Heirloom Blade

Now for lands:

12x Wastes

Drownyard Temple

Encroaching Wastes

Ghost Quarter

Voltron:

Hot Soup

Whispersilk Cloak

Grafted Exoskeleton

Sigil of Valor

Sword of Vengeance

And other stuff:

Grimoire of the Dead

Prototype Portal

Karn, the Great Creator

Ugin's Nexus

Magistrate's Scepter

Voltaic Key

Elixir of Immortality

Let me know what you are interested in on my home page.

billy21 on Kozilek the face beater

4 months ago

This is mine. https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/kozilek-trying-it-out/ I went for much heavier ramp, while it looks like you're going for a creature based deck. I think yours might be better, but the cmc is really high.

creatures I recommend:

Plague Myr Palladium Myr Burnished Hart Solemn Simulacrum

Artifacts

Blinkmoth Urn Lightning Greaves

Let me know what you think

smilodex on Grenzo Take the Wheel

5 months ago

I get your point, but cutting 3 cards shouldn't affect you effectivity to much, with more ramp you also have more mana, which means you can activate grenzo more often. if you dont want to play the rocks, you should atleast consider: Iron Myr, Leaden Myr, Plague Myr or Manakin/Millikin.