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Actually, thats not the case. The Phyrexians on Mirrodin where "born" or rather created from the glistening oil, a phyrexian colonization weapon which slowly transforms worlds into Phyrexia. The oil was brought to Mirrodin long ago by none other then the plane's creator, Karn, who had some of it on his powerstone heart. The oil had leaked from Karn's powerstone onto Argentium(Most likely spelled that wrong) and that oil sparked the chain of events that would lead to Argentim becoming Mirrodin and then New Phyrexia. Memnarch's insanity, as well as the growth of the mycosynth and the whole "flesh turning to metal and metal turning to flesh" thing during the Mirrodin cycle story was all a result of this oil. As time went on the phyrexian oil eventually created the first new phyrexians, who dwelt within Mirrodin's core, and from that point on Phyrexia slowly grew stronger and stronger until it left the core and ultimately defeated the Mirrians(who where brought to the plane because of Memnarch's insanity, which was also caused in part by the oil, go figure.),creating New Phyrexia.

As for Newts, yes, they still breed them. In fact, they also have now found a use for UNDERDEVELOPED Newts....using them to animate phyrexian enhancements as "living weapons." That's what the "germs" are, tiny, underdeveloped/non-fully grown Newts.

Thanks for the reply.

Now I wonder...

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...whether this glistening oil is the same thing as it used to be earlier; I know it only as a means to bread new Phyrexians in the vats of the fifth sphere and as their blood. This makes it appear as if the oil were some kind of nano-technology that carries all information needed to create Phyrexians.
Does this mean the glistening oil would have created the new Phyrexians of Mirrodin with their different factions and dissenting views on the Grand Evolution in any case (independently from the rest of the multiverse), even if Yawgmoth had not kicked the bucket and things were going well for the original Phyrexians??