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From a mechanical perspective, this life loss drawback is reminiscent of black cards like Phyrexian Negator or Plague Spitter, but with a redemptive twist built in

This works as a way to hide cards from hand disruption spells like Thoughtseize, as well as a way to accelerate your hand towards necessary threats and interaction

(2023-06-16) The second ability represented by the "partner with [name]" keyword modifies the rules for deck construction in the Commander variant and has no function outside of that variant

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While the Phyrexians are indeed drawn as fleshy-demon things, I like the visual image of Ritual of the Machine shows off that the Phyrexians were kind of sci-fi/cyborg-coded even this early on