Dearly Departed is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Flying As long as this creature is in your graveyard, each Human creature you control enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.
How it works : Dearly Departed
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The effect is cumulative. Human creatures you control will enter with a +1/+1 counter for each Dearly Departed in your graveyard.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Agatha's Soul Cauldron + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Dearly Departed
- 1Activate a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it using Kiki-Jiki's ability by tapping it, creating a token copy of any nonlegendary Human creature you control with haste that enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it due to Dearly Departed.
- 2Repeat.
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