The Flesh Is Weak 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
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.
How it works : The Flesh Is Weak
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If The Flesh is Weak enters the battlefield while you control a nonartifact creature with 1 toughness and no +1/+1 counters on it, the last ability will cause its toughness to become 0 and it will die before the first ability can put a counter on it.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The same happens if a nonartifact creature you control with no +1/+1 counters on it has damage marked on it equal to its toughness minus 1. For example, if a 5/5 creature was dealt 4 damage earlier in the turn and its controller resolves The Flesh Is Weak, that creature will die before the +1/+1 counter is placed on it.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Kormus Bell + Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth + The Flesh Is Weak
Destroy all nonartifact landsDestroy all nonartifact lands that enter the battlefieldLockMass Land Denial
- 1When a land enters the battlefield, it becomes a Swamp due to Kormus Bell. This then causes it to become a 0/0 creature due to Urborg and The Flesh Is Weak, and die as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness.
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#2
Toph, the First Metalbender + Bumi, Unleashed + The Flesh Is Weak
Infinite combat phasesInfinite mana lands you control can produceInfinite combat damageInfinite untap of lands you control
- 1Deal combat damage to an opponent. Bumi triggers, untapping all lands you control, including Bumi as it's a land due to Toph, and causing you to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- 2Repeat each combat phase.
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#3
Kitsa, Otterball Elite + Blinkmoth Infusion + The Flesh Is Weak
Infinite mana artifacts you control can produceInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite untap of artifacts you controlInfinite untap of creatures you control that have a +1/+1 counter on them
- 1Cast Blinkmoth Infusion by paying
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for each artifact you control. - 2Kitsa's prowess ability triggers, giving it +1/+1 until end of turn.
- 3Holding priority, activate any number of mana-producing artifacts you control, adding at least
. - 4Activate Kitsa's second ability by paying and tapping it, copying Blinkmoth Infusion.
- 5Resolve the copy of Blinkmoth Infusion, untapping all artifacts you control.
- 6Repeat from step 3.
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#4
Toph, the First Metalbender + Ley Weaver + The Flesh Is Weak
Infinite mana lands you control can produceInfinite untap of nontoken artifacts you controlInfinite mana nontoken artifacts you control can produceInfinite untap of lands you control
- 1Activate Ley Weaver by tapping it, untapping it as it's a land due to Toph and another land you control.
- 2Repeat.
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#5
Toph, the First Metalbender + Argothian Elder + The Flesh Is Weak
Infinite mana lands you control can produceInfinite untap of nontoken artifacts you controlInfinite mana nontoken artifacts you control can produceInfinite untap of lands you control
- 1Activate Argothian Elder by tapping it, untapping it as it's a land due to Toph and another land you control.
- 2Repeat.
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#6
Medomai the Ageless + Idris, Soul of the TARDIS + Contagion Engine + The Flesh Is Weak
Infinite turnsLock
- 1Deal combat damage to an opponent using Medomai the Ageless.
- 2Medomai the Ageless triggers, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- 3Cast Idris by paying
. - 4When Idris enters the battlefield, it triggers, exiling Medomai the Ageless until Idris leaves the battlefield.
- 5Move to your extra turn.
- 6At the beginning of your upkeep, Idris's vanishing ability triggers, removing a time counter from it.
- 7Deal combat damage to an opponent using Idris.
- 8Idris triggers, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
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#7
Medomai the Ageless + Idris, Soul of the TARDIS + Sword of Truth and Justice + The Flesh Is Weak
Infinite turnsLock
- 1Deal combat damage to an opponent using Medomai the Ageless.
- 2Medomai the Ageless triggers, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- 3Cast Idris by paying .
- 4When Idris enters the battlefield, it triggers, exiling Medomai the Ageless until Idris leaves the battlefield.
- 5Activate Sword of Truth and Justice's equip ability by paying , attaching it to Idris.
- 6Move to your extra turn.
- 7At the beginning of your upkeep, Idris's vanishing ability triggers, removing a time counter from it.
- 8Deal combat damage to an opponent using Idris.
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#8
Voltaic Construct + The Flesh Is Weak + The Legend of Kyoshi // Avatar Kyoshi
Infinite colored manaInfinite untap of artifact creatures you control
- 1Activate Avatar Kyoshi by tapping it, adding at least five mana of any color.
- 2Activate Voltaic Construct by paying , untapping Avatar Kyoshi.
- 3Repeat
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