---
name: "Lively Dirge"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Spree"]
set: "OTJ"
set_name: "Outlaws of Thunder Junction"
collector_number: "93"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Warren Mahy"
oracle_id: "0b23d9aa-d4ed-4ccf-8810-4a4d11d6fb9c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lively-dirge-otj"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Lively Dirge
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Spree

## Oracle Text
Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
+ {1} — Search your library for a card, put it into your graveyard, then shuffle.
+ {2} — Return up to two creature cards with total mana value 4 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

> *"Ora strappate i vostri compagni dalle loro tombe, per formare una letale onda di non morti!"*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Graveyard Dig](/printing/graveyard-dig-cmb1.md) — Sorcery
2. [Grim Discovery](/printing/grim-discovery-plst.md) — Sorcery
3. [Dead Revels](/printing/dead-revels-rna.md) — Sorcery
4. [Return from Extinction](/printing/return-from-extinction-mh1.md) — Sorcery
5. [March of the Returned](/printing/march-of-the-returned-ths.md) — Sorcery
6. [Macabre Waltz](/printing/macabre-waltz-fdn.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #93
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Warren Mahy
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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