The Flesh Is Weak
Enchantment
When this enchantment enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them are artifacts in addition to their other types.
Nonartifact creatures get -1/-1.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BUW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Warhammer 40,000 Commander
- Price
- $0.41
- EDHREC rank
- #14947
The Flesh Is Weak wipes all -1/-1 counters off your creatures at instant speed — a clean board reset that costs you nothing in permanents. The catch is that it only exists to answer your own counters, so unless you're running Inquisitor Greyfax, Kormus Bell, or another engine that loads your board with -1/-1 counters deliberately, this is a dead card.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Inquisitor Greyfax
Inquisitor Greyfax distributes -1/-1 counters as part of her surveil-and-control gameplan, and The Flesh Is Weak lets you cash those counters in at instant speed to swing with a clean board the same turn — that interaction is why nearly 1 in 5 Greyfax decks runs it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
The Flesh Is Weak is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's essentially a Commander card — the only context where you're consistently engineering a board state full of your own -1/-1 counters. In Legacy and Vintage, the effect is too narrow to compete for a spell slot when those formats demand universally impactful cards. Commander is where the payoff lives: decks built around Inquisitor Greyfax or Kormus Bell create the exact conditions this card was designed to exploit, and instant speed means opponents can't punish you for leaving counters on your creatures.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Kormus BellUrborg, Tomb of YawgmothThe Flesh Is Weak
Destroy all nonartifact lands; Destroy all nonartifact lands that enter the battlefield; Lock; Mass Land Denial
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Toph, the First MetalbenderBumi, UnleashedThe Flesh Is Weak
Infinite combat phases; Infinite mana lands you control can produce; Infinite combat damage; Infinite untap of lands you control; Infinite mana nontoken artifacts you control can produce; Infinite untap of nontoken artifacts you control
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Medomai the AgelessIdris, Soul of the TARDISKarn's BastionThe Flesh Is Weak
Infinite turns; Lock
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Voltaic ConstructVhal, Candlekeep ResearcherThe Flesh Is Weak
Infinite untap of artifact creatures you control; Infinite colorless mana that can't be spent to cast spells from your hand
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Voltaic ConstructSelvala, Heart of the WildsThe Flesh Is Weak
Infinite colored mana; Infinite untap of artifact creatures you control
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Current price
$0.41 bulk tier
At $0.41, The Flesh Is Weak is deep bulk — no barrier to entry if the deck calls for it. Demand is narrow enough that the price isn't going anywhere, so pick it up now or later; it won't matter either way.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.