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Geralf, the Fleshwright

Legendary Creature — Human Warlock

Whenever you cast a spell during your turn other than your first spell that turn, create a 2/2 blue and black Zombie Rogue creature token.
Whenever a Zombie you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it for each other Zombie that entered the battlefield under your control this turn.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
mythic
Set
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Promos
Price
$2.50
EDHREC rank
#6297
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Geralf, the Fleshwright card art
Geralf, the Fleshwright turns every noncreature spell into a free 2/2 Zombie token with decayed, making him a persistent threat engine that scales with spell-heavy builds. The cost is real — decayed tokens can't block and sacrifice on attack, so you're building a clock, not a wall — but in the right shell, cards like Putrid Goblin (which happily dies and recurs) and Fblthp, Lost on the Range (which keeps the spell chain flowing) make that drawback nearly irrelevant.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Fblthp, Lost on the Range

Fblthp, Lost on the Range

40.4% of decks · synergy 0.39

Fblthp, Lost on the Range is the highest-synergy home precisely because its adventure-based draw engine fires off a noncreature spell every time it loops, handing Geralf, the Fleshwright a steady stream of Zombie tokens as a free byproduct of the main game plan.

02
Zethi, Arcane Blademaster

Zethi, Arcane Blademaster

16.1% of decks · synergy 0.16

Zethi, Arcane Blademaster repeatedly casts instants attached to equipped creatures, which means every Zethi activation that copies a noncreature spell also triggers Geralf, the Fleshwright — the token production is essentially baked in at no extra cost.

03
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born

Grimgrin, Corpse-Born

17.8% of decks · synergy 0.16

Grimgrin, Corpse-Born needs Zombies to sacrifice in order to untap and swing, and Geralf, the Fleshwright supplies a fresh wave of them every time the deck casts interaction or cantrips, creating a self-sustaining sacrifice-and-attack loop.

04
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver

Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver

15.1% of decks · synergy 0.13

Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver rewards decayed Zombies dying with card draw, and Geralf, the Fleshwright produces nothing but decayed Zombies — every token that attacks and sacrifices itself replaces itself in hand, turning spell-casting into a draw engine.

05
The Scarab God

The Scarab God

14.2% of decks · synergy 0.12

The Scarab God drains opponents for each Zombie at your upkeep, so the token flood Geralf, the Fleshwright generates translates directly into life loss and life gain, with The Scarab God's exile-and-reanimate ability ready to upgrade any creature that hits a graveyard.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Geralf, the Fleshwright does his best work — a three-mana legendary who generates board presence off every noncreature spell is exactly the kind of value engine that thrives over long multiplayer games. In competitive EDH, the ceiling is legitimate: pair him with cantrip-heavy blue-black shells and he tokens up faster than most tables can answer. In Constructed formats like Standard, Pioneer, and Modern, he's legal but competing in a much faster environment where a 2/2 with decayed isn't a meaningful threat on its own and the payoff requires too many spells over too many turns. Legacy and Vintage don't ban him, but the power floor of those formats leaves him well behind.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$2.50 cheap tier

At $2.50, Geralf, the Fleshwright sits in the cheap tier — affordable enough to slot into Zombie lists without second-guessing, and low enough that the financial risk of testing him is essentially zero. Given how naturally he fits into established Dimir Zombie strategies that are already buying pieces far more expensive, this price is unlikely to cause sticker shock in any context.

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