Infested Fleshcutter
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +2/+0.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, create a 1/1 colorless Phyrexian Mite artifact creature token with toxic 1 and "This token can't block." (Players dealt combat damage by it also get a poison counter.)
Equip 
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #9824
Infested Fleshcutter lands and immediately starts flooding the board with mite tokens every time the equipped creature attacks — the cost to get there is paying equip each combat, which is real but manageable in any deck that wants a steady stream of 1/1s with toxic. Elesh Norn decks in particular treat this as an engine piece rather than a role-player, since the mite output scales directly with how often you can swing.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Elesh Norn
Elesh Norn's ability to recur and reward creature-based pressure makes Infested Fleshcutter a natural fit — every attack step churns out mite tokens that feed her synergies while the toxic counters stack up on opponents.
Vishgraz, the Doomhive
Vishgraz, the Doomhive is already built around mite tokens and poison counters, so Infested Fleshcutter plugs directly into that engine — each equipped attack adds to the mite army that Vishgraz wants to go wide with.
Mondrak, Glory Dominus
Mondrak, Glory Dominus doubles every token you make, turning each Infested Fleshcutter trigger from one mite into two — that multiplication compounds fast over the course of a game.
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 |
Infested Fleshcutter is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its home is Commander — the repeated attack-step triggers compound over a long game in ways a 60-card format rarely allows. In Modern and Pioneer, a two-mana equipment that requires additional equip investment each combat is simply too slow against the format's threat density. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but have no reason to run it. Commander is where Infested Fleshcutter is actually worth sleeving up, specifically in token-and-poison strategies that can leverage the mite output over multiple turns.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Infested Fleshcutter is deep bulk — you're picking it up for essentially nothing. That price is stable and unlikely to move unless a high-profile Commander precon or breakout deck drives sudden demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.