Dearly Departed
- Mana cost
- {4}{W}{W}
- Type
- Creature — Spirit
- Power / toughness
- 5 / 5
- Set
- Innistrad #9 (rare)
- Price
- $0.20 USD
Flying
As long as this creature is in your graveyard, each Human creature you control enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.
Dearly Departed has 5 printings, first in Innistrad (2011). EDHREC ranks it #16,184 among Commander cards. It appears most in Leinore, Autumn Sovereign decks (330 on EDHREC). 3 public decks on TCG run it. It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Dearly Departed
- Coven Counters - Midnight Hunt Commander, led by Leinore, Autumn Sovereign
- Riders of Rohan - Tales of Middle-earth Commander, led by Éowyn, Shieldmaiden
- Ruthless Regiment - Commander 2020, led by Jirina Kudro
Commanders that run Dearly Departed most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Leinore, Autumn Sovereign: 330 decks
- The Queen of Dale: 178 decks
- Jirina Kudro: 134 decks
- Sigarda, Heron's Grace: 33 decks
- Éomer, King of Rohan: 24 decks
- Boromir, Gondor's Hope: 15 decks
Often played with Dearly Departed
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The effect is cumulative. Human creatures you control will enter with a +1/+1 counter for each Dearly Departed in your graveyard.
- : In most cases, when determining whether a creature entering under your control should get a +1/+1 counter, you'll simply look at what the creature will looklike on the battlefield. You'll consider any effects affecting a creature entering under your control.