Lingering Souls

Public decks that run Lingering Souls

• Mardu Surge - Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander, led by Zurgo Stormrender
• Multiverse Reforged - Reality Fracture, led by Jace, Multiverse Architect
• Scions & Spellcraft - Final Fantasy Commander, led by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Commanders that run Lingering Souls most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Y'shtola, Night's Blessed: 7,265 decks
• Jace, Multiverse Architect: 7,182 decks
• Silverquill, the Disputant: 5,310 decks
• Zurgo Stormrender: 3,488 decks
• King of the Oathbreakers: 2,961 decks
• Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar: 1,662 decks
• Thalisse, Reverent Medium: 1,333 decks
• Teysa, Orzhov Scion: 513 decks

Often played with Lingering Souls

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Occult Epiphany
• Synthetic Destiny
• Mass Polymorph
• Spectral Procession
• Midnight Haunting
• Restless Spire
• Proteus Staff
• Shadow Summoning
• Beetleback Chief
• Triplicate Spirits

Rulings

• 2025-06-06: To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
• 2025-06-06: You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.
• 2025-06-06: You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.
• 2025-06-06: A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
• 2025-06-06: To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
• 2025-06-06: If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.
• 2025-06-06: "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard if the resulting spell is an instant or sorcery spell by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."
• 2025-06-06: A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
• 2025-06-06: If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.
• 2025-06-06: You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
• 2025-06-06: You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
• 2025-06-06: "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard if the resulting spell is an instant or sorcery spell by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."