Dearly Departed
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
Flying
As long as this creature is in your graveyard, each Human creature you control enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.
Combos with Dearly Departed
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Agatha's Soul Cauldron Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker Infinite
- Infinite creature tokens with haste
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2011-09-22
The effect is cumulative. Human creatures you control will enter with a +1/+1 counter for each Dearly Departed in your graveyard.
- 2011-09-22
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.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Dearly Departed, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Éowyn, Shieldmaiden | 1 | 0 | — |
| Jirina Kudro | 1 | 0 | — |
| Leinore, Autumn Sovereign | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mardu 1 deck
- Selesnya 1 deck
- Jeskai 1 deck
Dearly Departed price history
The Midnight Hunt Commander #84 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.17 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Dearly Departed
5 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
Tales of Middle-earth Commander
- Normal
- $0.17
- Normal
- $0.18
- Normal
- $0.16
Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed
- Normal
- $0.18
- Normal
- $0.21
- Foil
- $0.74
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Dearly Departed. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
