First I was playing an alchemist and started with a Hematatic (or however it's spelled) phylactery, the kind produced by blood magic. I assume that's not meant to show up. Also, I notice Meatshield has both a maintenance cost in SP and it will expire after 5 hits. That seems odd considering pretty much all the other buffs are either one or the other.
Whether of note or not, following the 28-12-11 patch a phylactery spawned as a random on-the-ground find. That's never happened (to me) before.