Defiler of Flesh
Creature — Phyrexian Horror4/4$0.38
Menace As an additional cost to cast black permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost less to cast if you paid life this way. This effect reduces only the amount of black mana you pay. Whenever you cast a black permanent spell, target creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains menace until end of turn.
Legal in Commander
Is
Combos 1
Defiler of Flesh + Aetherflux Reservoir + Cloudstone Curio
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite damage
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinitely large creatures you control until end of turn
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Your life total is at least 5. You have a black nonartifact permanent card in hand with mana cost {B}. You control a nontoken nonartifact black permanent with mana cost {B} that shares a card type with the card in hand.
Steps
Cast the black permanent card in your hand by paying 2 life. Defiler of Flesh and Aetherflux Reservoir triggers. Resolve the Defiler of Flesh trigger, giving target creature +1/+1 and menace until end of turn. Resolve the Aetherflux Reservoir trigger, causing you to gain 1 life for each spell you've cast before it this turn. The black permanent enters the battlefield, triggering Cloudstone Curio, returning another nontoken nonartifact black permanent with mana cost {B} from the battlefield to your hand. Repeat. Once you have infinite life, you may activate Aetherflux Reservoir infinite times to deal infinite damage to any target(s).
Combo data from Commander Spellbook. Only combos of 2 or 3 named cards are listed.
Best commanders
Commanders whose abilities work with this card and share its colors, from what the cards do.
- Captain N'ghathrodDefiler of Flesh is a Horror, which Captain N'ghathrod can use.
- Umbris, Fear ManifestDefiler of Flesh is a Horror, which Umbris, Fear Manifest can use.
- Brimaz, Blight of OreskosDefiler of Flesh is a Phyrexian, which Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos can use.
- Glissa, Herald of PredationDefiler of Flesh is a Phyrexian, which Glissa, Herald of Predation can use.
- Valko IndorianDefiler of Flesh is a Phyrexian, which Valko Indorian can use.