The Concept Art of Phyrexia: All Will Be One

Located on the plane of New Phyrexia

CONCEPTING PHYREXIA: ALL WILL BE ONE

Art Directors: Ovidio Cartagena and Mari Hall

Concept Artists: Daarken , Jehan Choo, Jose Vega , Leon Tukker, Oriana Menendez, & Robbie Trevino ,

The follow-up to the original New Phyrexia set, Phyrexia: All Will Be One was created as a visual update on the plane, rather than needing to be entirely concepted from scratch. With the time passing between the two sets, New Phyrexia has had time to refine itself and iron out any rough edges, becoming more Phyrexian with the total and complete overtaking of the plane of Mirrodin. This is most easily seen in the mass terraforming of the plane into a nine-sphered world, with resources drained and moved to create an entirely new set of sub-ecosystems atop and within the scaffold of Mirrodin. Also worthy of note is the inclusion of the Seedcore at the center of the plane, which is the origin of Worldbreaker, the Phyrexian world-tree.

Noted by concept artist Robbie Trevino, who did a large amount of work on the black and green aspects of New Phyrexia: All Will Be One, the visual designs of the plane were meant to evoke Dante’s Inferno and artists H.R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński. Here’s some of his notes on the designs of the Phyrexians:

“With all the Green Phyrexians we utilized oxidized copper as their main visual read, a fun material to play with. The Centurions often materialize from pools of liquid metal within the ground, rising to combat. Military rankings are indicated by floating glyphs above their heads and language carvings located on their weapons. The Priests often materialize from pools of liquid metal within the ground, rising to perform their rituals.”
“The Dominus, or Domini, are monolithic leadership figures within the Phyrexian Horde. Some are mobile, others motionless structures. All are terrifying.”
“The Black Phyrexian Hulks being the "Goliaths" of the Phyrexian Horde, housing creatures and other countless mechanical abominations. The Centurions being the "Knights" of the Phyrexian Horde.”