Lively Dirge 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
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.
How it works : Lively Dirge
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If the mana cost of a card in your graveyard includes
, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The second mode doesn’t target any cards. You choose which ones you’re returning as Lively Dirge is resolving. You may choose the one you put into the graveyard with the first mode, if applicable, or ones that were already there. By the time Lively Dirge has started resolving, it’s too late for anyone to respond to it.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Spells with spree have a + (plus sign) indicator in the upper right corner of the card frame. This has no rules meaning and serves only to remind players that at least one additional cost is required to cast the spell.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
Each additional cost and associated mode in the text box is also preceded with a + indicator. These symbols also have no rules meaning and serve only to remind players that the listed costs are additional costs.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
You must choose at least one of the listed modes and pay its associated additional cost in order to cast a spell with spree.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
You choose the modes as you cast the spell with spree. Once modes are chosen, they can’t be changed.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #7· Wizards of the Coast
If a mode requires a target, you can select that mode only if there’s a legal target available. Ignore the targeting requirements for modes you don’t choose.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #8· Wizards of the Coast
No matter which modes you choose, you always follow the instructions in the order they are written.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #9· Wizards of the Coast
You can’t choose the same mode more than once.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #10· Wizards of the Coast
The mana value of a spell with spree is determined only by its mana cost (in the upper right corner of the card). It doesn’t matter which modes you choose or which additional costs you pay, including any additional costs imposed by other effects.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #11· Wizards of the Coast
No player can cast spells or activate abilities in between the modes of a resolving spell. Any abilities that trigger won’t be put onto the stack until the spell is done resolving.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #12· Wizards of the Coast
If a spell with spree is copied, the effect that creates the copy may allow you to choose new targets. You cannot choose new modes.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #13· Wizards of the Coast
If all targets for the chosen modes become illegal before a spell with spree resolves, the spell won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. If at least one target is still legal, the spell will resolve but will have no effect on any illegal targets.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #14· Wizards of the Coast
If an effect allows you to cast a spell with spree “without paying its mana cost,” you must still choose at least one mode and pay the associated additional costs.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Goblin Bombardment + Dualcaster Mage + Lively Dirge
- 1Cast Lively Dirge by paying
plus an additional to select its second mode, targeting a card in your graveyard. - 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Lively Dirge.
- 4Holding priority, activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage.
- 5Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Lively Dirge
- 6Resolve the Lively Dirge copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
Viscera Seer + Dualcaster Mage + Lively Dirge
- 1Cast Lively Dirge by paying plus an additional to select its second mode, targeting a card in your graveyard.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Lively Dirge.
- 4Holding priority, activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage.
- 5Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Lively Dirge
- 6Resolve the Lively Dirge copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
Altar of Dementia + Dualcaster Mage + Lively Dirge
- 1Cast Lively Dirge by paying plus an additional to select its second mode, targeting a card in your graveyard.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Lively Dirge.
- 4Holding priority, activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage.
- 5Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Lively Dirge
- 6Resolve the Lively Dirge copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
Phyrexian Altar + Dualcaster Mage + Lively Dirge
- 1Cast Lively Dirge by paying plus an additional to select its second mode, targeting a card in your graveyard.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Lively Dirge.
- 4Holding priority, activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage.
- 5Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Lively Dirge
- 6Resolve the Lively Dirge copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
Ashnod's Altar + Dualcaster Mage + Lively Dirge
- 1Cast Lively Dirge by paying plus an additional to select its second mode, targeting a card in your graveyard.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Lively Dirge.
- 4Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage.
- 5Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Lively Dirge
- 6Resolve the Lively Dirge copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
Blasting Station + Dualcaster Mage + Lively Dirge
- 1Cast Lively Dirge by paying plus an additional to select its second mode, targeting a card in your graveyard.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it and Blasting Station trigger, with Dualcaster Mage targeting Lively Dirge.
- 4Resolve the Blasting Station trigger, untapping it.
- 5Holding priority, activate Blasting Station by tapping it and sacrificing Dualcaster Mage.
- 6Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Lively Dirge
- 7Resolve the Lively Dirge copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 8Repeat from step 3.
Dualcaster Mage + Carrion Feeder + Lively Dirge
- 1Cast Lively Dirge by paying plus an additional to select its second mode, targeting a card in your graveyard.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Lively Dirge.
- 4Holding priority, activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage.
- 5Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Lively Dirge
- 6Resolve the Lively Dirge copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
Umbral Collar Zealot + Dualcaster Mage + Lively Dirge
- 1Cast Lively Dirge by paying plus an additional to select its second mode, targeting a card in your graveyard.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Lively Dirge.
- 4Holding priority, activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage.
- 5Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Lively Dirge
- 6Resolve the Lively Dirge copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
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