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Flesh Duplicate

Creature — Shapeshifter Rebel

You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it has vanishing 3 if that creature doesn't have vanishing. (A permanent with vanishing 3 enters with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from it. When the last is removed, sacrifice it.)

CMC
2
Mana cost
{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Doctor Who
Price
$11.63
EDHREC rank
#2594
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Flesh Duplicate card art
Flesh Duplicate enters as a copy of any creature on the battlefield — yours or an opponent's — and it's an even-costed creature, which means it slots cleanly into Gyruda, Doom of Depths loops and blinks beautifully alongside Felidar Guardian. The cost is a single end-step sacrifice trigger, which barely registers when you're chaining enters-the-battlefield effects.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Gyruda, Doom of Depths

Gyruda, Doom of Depths

61.3% of decks · synergy 0.59

Flesh Duplicate is an even-mana creature that copies whatever Gyruda, Doom of Depths just milled, keeping the cascade of mill-and-copy triggers alive without breaking the even-CMC restriction the deck runs on.

02
The Tenth DoctorRose Tyler

The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler

57.9% of decks · synergy 0.56

Flesh Duplicate's enters-the-battlefield copy effect is exactly what The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler wants to reuse — blink it, bounce it, or companion-trigger it to stack repeated copies of whatever threat matters most.

03

Aang, at the Crossroads

36.0% of decks · synergy 0.34

Aang, at the Crossroads rewards creature-heavy, enter-the-battlefield-dense builds, and Flesh Duplicate adds a flexible copy that doubles any key creature while also triggering Aang's own abilities.

04
Hidetsugu and Kairi

Hidetsugu and Kairi

35.2% of decks · synergy 0.33

Flesh Duplicate in a Hidetsugu and Kairi deck means copying a high-impact creature on entry — then when it dies at end of step, the death trigger feeds right back into the graveyard-value engine.

05
Thrasios, Triton HeroYoshimaru, Ever Faithful

Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful

33.9% of decks · synergy 0.32

Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful partner shells lean on compact, high-value pieces, and Flesh Duplicate delivers immediate board impact for three mana with no long-term commitment required.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Flesh Duplicate does its best work — the multiplayer board is always stocked with targets worth copying, the sacrifice clause is easy to exploit, and the even CMC makes it a genuine staple in Gyruda, Doom of Depths lists specifically. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but faces brutal competition from Phyrexian Metamorph and Clone effects with more staying power or lower mana investment, so it rarely sees play there. Oathbreaker follows Commander logic closely enough that the same ETB-abuse shells apply. Flesh Duplicate is locked out of Modern, Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper entirely, so the competitive case is narrow and Commander remains its natural home.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Spark Double and Phantasmal Image both copy creatures for less money and, in Spark Double's case, without the sacrifice drawback — the trade-off is that neither is an even-CMC creature, which cuts them out of Gyruda, Doom of Depths loops entirely. If you're not locked into the even-CMC requirement, Phyrexian Metamorph is the closest all-around substitute, copying artifacts too and surviving longer on the battlefield than Flesh Duplicate.

Price Context

Current price

$11.63 mid tier

At $11.63, Flesh Duplicate sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate include, cheap enough that it's not a budget-breaking ask. It's a new card with a narrow but enthusiastic home, so the price reflects early demand from Gyruda builds rather than broad cross-format play.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.