---
name: "Phyresis Roach"
mana_cost: "{G}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Phyrexian Insect"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Toxic"]
set: "YONE"
set_name: "Alchemy: Phyrexia"
collector_number: "15"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Tuan Duong Chu"
oracle_id: "4f0bbe85-0893-48ec-bb97-452c750edae3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/phyresis-roach-yone"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Phyresis Roach
- **Mana Cost:** `{G}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Phyrexian Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Toxic

## Oracle Text
Toxic 1
Whenever Phyresis Roach deals combat damage to a player, Insects you control and Insect cards in your graveyard, hand, and library perpetually gain toxic 1.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pestilent Syphoner](/printing/pestilent-syphoner-one.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Insect
2. [Bilious Skulldweller](/printing/bilious-skulldweller-one.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Insect
3. [Crawling Chorus](/printing/crawling-chorus-one.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Horror
4. [Skullpiercer Gnat](/printing/skullpiercer-gnat-yone.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Insect
5. [Plague Nurse](/printing/plague-nurse-one.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Cleric
6. [Carrion Call](/printing/carrion-call-onc.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Phyrexia (YONE) #15
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Tuan Duong Chu

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