Flesh // Blood
Sorcery // Sorcery
Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature, where X is the power of the card you exiled.
Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #19584
Flesh // Blood converts a large creature into a kill shot — the Blood half deals damage equal to a creature's power directly to any target, which at Jund's power levels means lethal out of nowhere. The cost is running a gold sorcery that does nothing without a big body in play, but in the right shell Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder makes that condition trivially easy to meet.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder
Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder pumps creatures to absurd power levels, and Flesh // Blood converts that inflated number into a point-and-click kill on any player — often without needing to connect in combat at all.
Kresh the Bloodbraided
Kresh the Bloodbraided naturally grows into a creature with double-digit power, and Flesh // Blood lets that stored damage bypass blockers and reach a player's life total directly, closing games that would otherwise stall on a defended board.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Flesh // Blood fills a specific niche: it ends games where a player has one enormous creature but no clean attack — a common situation in Jund, Golgari, or any stompy shell that builds a single threat. The Blood half targeting players makes it a true finisher, not just a combat trick. In Legacy and Vintage it sees essentially no play; the formats move too fast and the setup cost too high for a sorcery-speed conditional burn spell. Modern and Pioneer are similar — creature synergy decks there prefer payoffs that don't require a fatty already in play. Flesh // Blood is a Commander card through and through, and it earns its slot in any deck whose commander or key creatures regularly hit power six or higher.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Flesh // Blood is bulk — it costs less than a sleeve and belongs in any Jund or stompy Commander deck that can use it. Bulk rare prices like this rarely move unless a format shifts dramatically, so pick up copies freely without any concern about future availability.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder
- Kresh the Bloodbraided
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.