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Dearly Departed

Card Name

Dearly Departed

Mana Cost

4

Type

Creature – Spirit

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

FlyingAs long as Dearly Departed is in your graveyard, each Human creature you control enters the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.

Flavor Text

"The houses of the dead are no places for the living." —Gandalf

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(9/22/2011)
The effect is cumulative. Human creatures you control will enter with a +1/+1 counter for each Dearly Departed in your graveyard.
(9/22/2011)
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.