---
name: "Essence of Orthodoxy"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}{W}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Phyrexian"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Incubate", "Transform"]
set: "MOM"
set_name: "March of the Machine"
collector_number: "376"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Oriana Menendez"
oracle_id: "51329e73-aebe-4f42-a4db-e092b1984a4b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/essence-of-orthodoxy-mom"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Essence of Orthodoxy
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}{W}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Phyrexian
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Flying, Incubate, Transform

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever this creature or another Phyrexian you control enters, incubate 2. (Create an Incubator token with two +1/+1 counters on it and "{2}: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Norn's Inquisitor](/printing/norns-inquisitor-mom.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Knight
2. [Attentive Skywarden](/printing/attentive-skywarden-mom.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Kor
3. [Phyrexian Awakening](/printing/phyrexian-awakening-mom.md) — Enchantment
4. [Progenitor Exarch](/printing/progenitor-exarch-mom.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Cat Cleric
5. [Sculpted Perfection](/printing/sculpted-perfection-mom.md) — Enchantment
6. [Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos](/printing/brimaz-blight-of-oreskos-moc.md) — Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Cat

## Printing Details
- **Set:** March of the Machine (MOM) #376
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Oriana Menendez
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`