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Lively Dirge

Lively Dirge

Sorcery$5.30

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + — Search your library for a card, put it into your graveyard, then shuffle. + — Return up to two creature cards with total mana value 4 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

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Combos 30

  • Lively Dirge + Goblin Bombardment + Dualcaster Mage

    • Infinite damage

    Mana needed: 1,382 decks on Commander Spellbook

    How it works

    Before you start

    There's a creature card in your graveyard with mana value 4 or less.

    Steps

    Cast Lively Dirge by paying {1}{B} plus an additional {2} to select its second mode, targeting a card in your graveyard. Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost. When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Lively Dirge. Holding priority, activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage. Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Lively Dirge Resolve the Lively Dirge copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield. Repeat from step 3.

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  • Lively Dirge + Viscera Seer + Dualcaster Mage

    • Infinite creature ETB
    • Infinite creature LTB
    • Infinite death triggers
    • Infinite magecraft triggers
    • Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
    • Infinite scry 1

    Mana needed: 1,023 decks on Commander Spellbook

    How it works

    Before you start

    There's a creature card in your graveyard with mana value 4 or less.

    Steps

    Cast Lively Dirge by paying {1}{B} plus an additional {2} to select its second mode, targeting a card in your graveyard. Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost. When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Lively Dirge. Holding priority, activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage. Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Lively Dirge Resolve the Lively Dirge copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield. Repeat from step 3.

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  • Lively Dirge + Altar of Dementia + Dualcaster Mage

    • Infinite mill
    • Infinite self-mill

    Mana needed: 945 decks on Commander Spellbook

    How it works

    Before you start

    There's a creature card in your graveyard with mana value 4 or less.

    Steps

    Cast Lively Dirge by paying {1}{B} plus an additional {2} to select its second mode, targeting a card in your graveyard. Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost. When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Lively Dirge. Holding priority, activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage. Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Lively Dirge Resolve the Lively Dirge copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield. Repeat from step 3.

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  • Lively Dirge + Phyrexian Altar + Dualcaster Mage

    • Infinite colored mana

    Mana needed: 758 decks on Commander Spellbook

    How it works

    Before you start

    There's a creature card in your graveyard with mana value 4 or less.

    Steps

    Cast Lively Dirge by paying {1}{B} plus an additional {2} to select its second mode, targeting a card in your graveyard. Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost. When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Lively Dirge. Holding priority, activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage. Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Lively Dirge Resolve the Lively Dirge copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield. Repeat from step 3.

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  • Lively Dirge + Ashnod's Altar + Dualcaster Mage

    • Infinite colorless mana

    Mana needed: 685 decks on Commander Spellbook

    How it works

    Before you start

    There's a creature card in your graveyard with mana value 4 or less.

    Steps

    Cast Lively Dirge by paying {1}{B} plus an additional {2} to select its second mode, targeting a card in your graveyard. Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost. When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Lively Dirge. Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage. Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Lively Dirge Resolve the Lively Dirge copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield. Repeat from step 3.

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  • Lively Dirge + Blasting Station + Dualcaster Mage

    • Infinite damage

    Mana needed: 490 decks on Commander Spellbook

    How it works

    Before you start

    There's a creature card in your graveyard with mana value 4 or less.

    Steps

    Cast Lively Dirge by paying {1}{B} plus an additional {2} to select its second mode, targeting a card in your graveyard. Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost. When Dualcaster Mage enters, it and Blasting Station trigger, with Dualcaster Mage targeting Lively Dirge. Resolve the Blasting Station trigger, untapping it. Holding priority, activate Blasting Station by tapping it and sacrificing Dualcaster Mage. Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Lively Dirge Resolve the Lively Dirge copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield. Repeat from step 3.

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  • Lively Dirge + Dualcaster Mage + Carrion Feeder

    • Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature

    Mana needed: 392 decks on Commander Spellbook

    How it works

    Before you start

    There's a creature card in your graveyard with mana value 4 or less.

    Steps

    Cast Lively Dirge by paying {1}{B} plus an additional {2} to select its second mode, targeting a card in your graveyard. Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost. When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Lively Dirge. Holding priority, activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage. Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Lively Dirge Resolve the Lively Dirge copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield. Repeat from step 3.

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  • Lively Dirge + Umbral Collar Zealot + Dualcaster Mage

    • Infinite surveil

    Mana needed: 340 decks on Commander Spellbook

    How it works

    Before you start

    There's a creature card in your graveyard with mana value 4 or less.

    Steps

    Cast Lively Dirge by paying {1}{B} plus an additional {2} to select its second mode, targeting a card in your graveyard. Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost. When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Lively Dirge. Holding priority, activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage. Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Lively Dirge Resolve the Lively Dirge copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield. Repeat from step 3.

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  • Lively Dirge + Woe Strider + Dualcaster Mage

    • Infinite creature ETB
    • Infinite creature LTB
    • Infinite death triggers
    • Infinite magecraft triggers
    • Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
    • Infinite scry 1

    Mana needed: 81 decks on Commander Spellbook

    How it works

    Before you start

    There's a creature card in your graveyard with mana value 4 or less.

    Steps

    Cast Lively Dirge by paying {1}{B} plus an additional {2} to select its second mode, targeting a card in your graveyard. Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost. When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Lively Dirge. Holding priority, activate Woe Strider by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage. Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Lively Dirge Resolve the Lively Dirge copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield. Repeat from step 3.

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  • Lively Dirge + Ashnod's Altar + Naru Meha, Master Wizard

    • Infinite colorless mana

    Mana needed: 71 decks on Commander Spellbook

    How it works

    Before you start

    There's a creature card in your graveyard with mana value 4 or less.

    Steps

    Cast Lively Dirge by paying {1}{B} plus an additional {2} to select its second mode, targeting a card in your graveyard. Holding priority, cast Naru Meha by paying its mana cost. When Naru Meha enters, it triggers, targeting Lively Dirge. Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Naru Meha. Resolve the Naru Meha trigger, copying Lively Dirge Resolve the Lively Dirge copy, returning Naru Meha from your graveyard to the battlefield. Repeat from step 3.

    Commander Spellbook ↗

Combo data from Commander Spellbook. Only combos of 2 or 3 named cards are listed.

Best commanders

Commanders whose abilities work with this card and share its colors, from what the cards do.

  1. Carnage, Crimson ChaosLively Dirge fills your graveyard, which Carnage, Crimson Chaos can use because it casts cards from your graveyard.
  2. Sefris of the Hidden WaysLively Dirge fills your graveyard, which Sefris of the Hidden Ways can use because it counts cards in your graveyard.
  3. Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague SwarmLively Dirge fills your graveyard, which Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm can use because it casts cards from your graveyard.
  4. Oskar, Rubbish ReclaimerLively Dirge fills your graveyard, which Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer can use because it casts cards from your graveyard.
  5. Karador, Ghost ChieftainLively Dirge fills your graveyard, which Karador, Ghost Chieftain can use because it casts cards from your graveyard.
  6. Hogaak, Arisen NecropolisLively Dirge fills your graveyard, which Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis can use because it casts cards from your graveyard.
  7. Terra, Herald of HopeLively Dirge fills your graveyard, which Terra, Herald of Hope can use because it reanimates creatures.
  8. Sauron, Lord of the RingsLively Dirge fills your graveyard, which Sauron, Lord of the Rings can use because it reanimates creatures.
  9. Victor, Valgavoth's SeneschalLively Dirge fills your graveyard, which Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal can use because it reanimates creatures.
  10. Sidar Jabari of ZhalfirLively Dirge fills your graveyard, which Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir can use because it reanimates creatures.

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