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FleshtakerHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 4 min read· Innistrad Remastered· January 24, 2025
Carte Magic Fleshtaker

Fleshtaker is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

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Official card text

Whenever you sacrifice another creature, you gain 1 life and scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {1}, Sacrifice another creature: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

How it works : Fleshtaker

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

No additional ruling has been published for this card.

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Popular combos

Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.

Warren Soultrader
+Pitiless Plunderer
+Fleshtaker
+Reassembling Skeleton
#1

Warren Soultrader + Pitiless Plunderer + Fleshtaker + Reassembling Skeleton

Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETB
  1. 1Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing Reassembling Skeleton.
  2. 2When Reassembling Skeleton dies, Fleshtaker and Pitiless Plunderer trigger.
  3. 3Resolve the Fleshtaker trigger, causing you to gain 1 life and scry 1.
  4. 4Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
  5. 5Resolve the Warren Soultrader ability, creating a Treasure token.
  6. 6Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{B}.
  7. 7Activate Reassembling Skeleton by paying {1}{B}, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  8. 8Repeat.
Warren Soultrader
+Gravecrawler
+Fleshtaker
#2

Warren Soultrader + Gravecrawler + Fleshtaker

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
  1. 1Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing Gravecrawler.
  2. 2When Gravecrawler dies, Fleshtaker triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and target opponent to lose 1 life.
  3. 3Resolve the Warren Soultrader ability, creating a Treasure token.
  4. 4Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  5. 5Cast Gravecrawler from your graveyard by paying {B}.
  6. 6Repeat.
Warren Soultrader
+Pitiless Plunderer
+Fleshtaker
+Cult Conscript
#3

Warren Soultrader + Pitiless Plunderer + Fleshtaker + Cult Conscript

Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETB
  1. 1Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing Cult Conscript.
  2. 2When Cult Conscript dies, Fleshtaker and Pitiless Plunderer trigger.
  3. 3Resolve the Fleshtaker trigger, causing you to gain 1 life and scry 1.
  4. 4Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
  5. 5Resolve the Warren Soultrader ability, creating a Treasure token.
  6. 6Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{B}.
  7. 7Activate Cult Conscript by paying {1}{B}, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  8. 8Repeat.
Veinwitch Coven
+Fleshtaker
+Phyrexian Altar
#4

Veinwitch Coven + Fleshtaker + Phyrexian Altar

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
  1. 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the one-drop creature, adding {B}.
  2. 2When that creature dies, it and Fleshtaker trigger.
  3. 3Resolve the creature's ability, creating a creature token.
  4. 4Resolve the Fleshtaker ability, gaining at least one life and causing at least one opponent to lose at least one life.
  5. 5When you gain life, Veinwitch Coven triggers, causing you to pay {B} to return the one-drop creature from your graveyard to your hand.
  6. 6Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the token creature, adding one colored mana.
  7. 7Cast the creature by paying one mana.
  8. 8Repeat.
Veinwitch Coven
+Phyrexian Altar
+Fleshtaker
#5

Veinwitch Coven + Phyrexian Altar + Fleshtaker

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
  1. 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the creature castable for {0}, adding {B}.
  2. 2When you sacrifice that creature, Fleshtaker triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and scry 1.
  3. 3When you gain life, Veinwitch Coven triggers, causing you to pay {B} to return the sacrificed creature from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. 4Cast that creature by paying {0}.
  5. 5Repeat.
Warren Soultrader
+Pitiless Plunderer
+Fleshtaker
+Bloodsoaked Champion
#6

Warren Soultrader + Pitiless Plunderer + Fleshtaker + Bloodsoaked Champion

Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETB
  1. 1Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing Bloodsoaked Champion.
  2. 2When Bloodsoaked Champion dies, Fleshtaker and Pitiless Plunderer trigger.
  3. 3Resolve the Fleshtaker trigger, causing you to gain 1 life and scry 1.
  4. 4Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
  5. 5Resolve the Warren Soultrader ability, creating a Treasure token.
  6. 6Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{B}.
  7. 7Activate Bloodsoaked Champion by paying {1}{B}, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  8. 8Repeat.
Warren Soultrader
+Fleshtaker
+Stridehangar Automaton
#7

Warren Soultrader + Fleshtaker + Stridehangar Automaton

Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokens
  1. 1Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing another creature.
  2. 2When the creature dies, Fleshtaker triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and scry 1.
  3. 3Resolve the Warren Soultrader ability, creating a Treasure token and a 1/1 Thopter artifact creature token.
  4. 4Repeat.
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
+Fleshtaker
+Nest of Scarabs
#8

Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Fleshtaker + Nest of Scarabs

Destroy all creatures opponents controlDestroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's controlLockNear-infinite -1/-1 counters
  1. 1Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing a creature, targeting any creature an opponent controls.
  2. 2When the sacrificed creature dies, Fleshtaker triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and scry 1
  3. 3Resolve the Yawgmoth ability, putting a -1/-1 counter on a creature an opponent controls, and causing you to draw a card.
  4. 4Nest of Scarabs triggers, creating a creature token.
  5. 5Repeat.
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Legal formats

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