---
name: "Dearly Departed"
mana_cost: "{4}{W}{W}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Spirit"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "ISD"
set_name: "Innistrad"
collector_number: "9"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Daniel Ljunggren"
oracle_id: "539be0f3-0863-4d44-87ee-5912dd003475"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dearly-departed-isd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Dearly Departed
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{W}{W}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/5
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle 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.

> *« N'oubliez jamais nos ancêtres. Eux ne nous ont jamais oubliés. » —Mikaeus, le lunarque*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Shadewing Laureate](/printing/shadewing-laureate-stx.md) — Creature — Human Warlock
2. [Gallows Warden](/printing/gallows-warden-isd.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Grey Host Reinforcements](/printing/grey-host-reinforcements-ltc.md) — Creature — Spirit Soldier
4. [Emissary of the Sleepless](/printing/emissary-of-the-sleepless-soi.md) — Creature — Spirit
5. [Spirit of the Spires](/printing/spirit-of-the-spires-rna.md) — Creature — Spirit
6. [Sanctifier of Souls](/printing/sanctifier-of-souls-pemn.md) — Creature — Human Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad (ISD) #9
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Daniel Ljunggren
- **Total Printings:** 38 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`