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CardName: ('Phyrexian Evolve Infect') Cost: 1g Type: Creature - Phyrexian Insect Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Rules Text: Evolve (Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.) Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: 25th Anniversary Cube Uncommon
('Phyrexian Evolve Infect')
  Evolve (Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) 1/1
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This automatically places +1/+1 and -1/-1 counters in the same set. It can get rather confusing if some creatures have +1/+1 counters on them and others have -1/-1 counters. WotC holds a stand of not having two type of counters (that are placed on same type of permanents) in the same block.
It's a 25th Anniversary Cube exclusive card - IIRC the set promises to use each cubable named mechanic, so +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters are both in by default since both are used by named mechanics.
That's one of those cases where the premise is sound only if you skip that particular design rule. And this combination of mechanics does not try to put both counters on the same creature range, so I think it's an acceptable design if you allow the premise at all - and the place to make this card since outside the premise you'd avoid making it.
Evolve + infect for a NPH flavor is a good combination.
Phyrexian makes about as much sense as a creature type as Ravnican or Mirran or Serran.