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It saddens me that just because R&D couldn't find room for any blue, black or green Battle Cry cards in this set (which, given its scope, really should have been far, far larger), we don't get any creative on the topic either.  But the other colors, even black, still have a few Mirrans fighting with them, just as the other colors, even red, already have a few Phyrexian infiltrators (see the flavor text of MB's two Phyrexian red cards, Into the Core and the artifact Act of Treason whatever it's called).  So there are battle cries for blue, green and black in the storyline, even if they're not in the cards.  Here, I'll show a couple examples.

The haughty Vedalken may have lost some of their brilliance when they ran out of the serum that once percolated constantly through their brains, but they are still far and away the most intelligent creatures on Mirrodin, and they know it.  Seeing the largely mindless Phyrexian machine as the worst example of the tyranny of fools and rabble, the Vedalken overlords deploy drones, golems, enslaved elves, Neurok rank and file, and a very small number of extremely heavily armed and armored Vedalken combat overseers; aided by the best long-range tactical spellcraft and strategic bombardment by lux cannons and repurposed charbelchers (much as it pains the Vedalken to admit it, goblins have a gift for weaponry that's hard to resist commandeering), set about proving to Phyrexia that superior military intelligence will carry the day.  Indeed, this would probably be true...if not for the handful of key Vedalken functionaries, scientists and strategists in the war effort who, one by one, are being suborned by careful, patient infiltrators who have compelling evidence of Phyrexia's scientific acumen.  A few sective researchers have begun to succumb to the temptation offered by their already-corrupted brethren, the opportunity to expand their brainpower with cranial grafts and the super-potent serum of inkmoths, and the freedom to experiment without moral constraints in search of knowledge foolishly deemed "forbidden" by the squeamish and narrow-minded.  Still, such aberrations are still not the dominant force in the society of Lumengrid and the rest of the Quicksilver Sea, and those haughty, "perfect" Vedalken who remain are quick to take command of the war effort with shouts of withering ideological haughter, instantly dissecting the faults of their opposition and bolstering the will of their soldiers by revealing only the tiniest portion of their carefully-crafted plan for victory.

Vedalken Intimidator
Creature - Vedalken Soldier, 1U, 2/2
Battle Cry
Whenever Vedalken Intimidator attacks, all creatures get -1/-0 until end of turn.

The Moriok, like anyone black-aligned, prioritize their survival above all other concerns; faced with the relentless monolith of Phyrexia, which punishes the slightest defiance of its unilateral will with a brutal and agonizing death, most Moriok volunteer to be compleated, hoping that whatever horrors Phyrexia visits upon its new cannon fodder will still at least leave them on the winning side.  However, numerous pockets of Moriok remain whose hateful, paranoid, contrarian natures forbid them from accepting slavery under even as powerful a conqueror as Phyrexia; certain that a swift death is the best they can hope for, they battle fiercely and employ every dirty trick in the book, from quick-and-loose misdirection the most extremist of scorched-earth tactics, trying to ensure that they do not survive to face Phyrexian retribution for their refusal to obey, if possible trying to ensure that not even a corpse is left to become useful to their exterminators.

Moriok Annihilator
Creature - Moriok Warrior, 5BB, 2/2
Battle Cry
When Moriok Annihilator deals combat damage, each player loses life equal to the total power of all attacking creatures.

Matt Cavotta, huh?  Nice!  Goblin Piledriver, best art ever!

An interview with Matt Cavotta next week! Weeeeee!!!

i am having hard time to understand mirrans going into war without a central command. there is no way you can coordianate a war without a single leader.

Willpell: That was awesome  The cards are clearly rough-and-ready, but the flavour writing is fantastic. Your little paragraph makes me want to read more about the goings-on in Vedalken research labs and political centres