Crow-Umbra Meant to get back to this a few days ago but forgot. Oops! lol

I don't think I've even drawn Ria Ivor in playtesting so far. Not in goldfishing or on Arena but as I was typing out something about her for the primer... I kinda came to the same realization you did. She's a bit clunky and unintuitive for token generation. Like, putting her trigger on anything that doesn't have evasion (most of the creatures in the deck) is kinda... just... a waste? Maybe not a waste but definitely not too exciting. The real possibility of just having her target get blocked just seems.... lame. I dunno. I feel like Battle Angels of Tyr would be much more beneficial in that spot and will probably make the swap the next time I update the deck.

Search the Premises is another card I'd want to swap out, but I'd like for it to be for more card draw. Any suggestions? Maybe Gruesome Realization?

Yeah, I know that Survivors' ability doesn't double up with Isshin. My token loving heart can't help but love the idea of attacking with it and making like six X/4 tokens with Isshin, though!

You are 100% right about Battle Angels of Tyr and Devilish Valet. Those are two cards that I've been wanting to add but I just don't know what to cut for them. (I'd like to keep Herald of the Host if possible. The more Myriad creatures, the better!)

Welcome to the game! Are you looking for any advice on upgrading the deck?

I can't tell if the One Ring one-of-one printing is cool or if it's a hilariously tacky/bad attempt to generate hype. As for the actual cards, something about the art for this set so far seems... off. I don't know how better to describe it, though.

In any event, I've never seen the movies or read the books so I'm not terribly interested.

I never got into this format but it does seem like one I would enjoy. Maybe now I can stop asking my Rule 0 planeswalker commander questions. lol

For anyone who has played it, how do multiplayer games tend to play out?

Probably more towards infect/toxic. Will probably include a couple of the compleated planeswalkers, too. This probably means that Praetor's Voice is the better option, but I think I might just build it and use either or depending on my mood.

I want the deck to be compleatly (hehe) phyrexian in art and flavor, though.