Things die when Phyrexians are involved. They die a lot. Th e "Doom Inevitable" deck embodies the Phyrexian hunger to consume all life. Cards like Contagion Clasp and Trigon of Corruption spread -1/-1 counters across your opponent's team, and the proliferate mechanic quickly makes those counters lethal.

As the war of attrition continues, cards like Pierce Strider and especially Psychosis Crawler put your opponents on a clock as their resources evaporate in front of their eyes. Fortunately, your creatures come out ahead when they hit the graveyard. Vivisection combines with either Oculus or Myr Sire to net you three cards and an additional bonus. As creatures are put into your graveyard, your Bonehoard grows larger and larger—to the point where another Oculus can pick it up and hit for 7 or 8 damage right away!

Your many Equipment with living weapon, such as Skinwing and Strandwalker, give you an extra creature when they enter the battlefi eld. These Equipment hit hard on the front end and then stick around to boost other creatures once your opponent has found a way to deal with the token. You can use other Mirrodin Besieged cards to improve the "Doom Inevitable" deck. Morbid Plunder returns two creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. Black Sun's Zenith can wipe out everything on the battlefield if you've got the mana to spend, and like all the Zeniths, it shuffles itself back into your library so that you can draw it again later. And if you really, really want to make sure that your opponent never gets ahead, Consecrated Sphinx—a 4/6 flier for six mana—draws you two cards for every card an opponent draws!