Lively Dirge — Gravework for the Calculated Pilot

Lively Dirge is a compact tool for grindy black decks that prefer options over tempo. At {1}{B} this sorcery gives you two selectable effects via Spree. Paying the one point option mills a card from your library into your graveyard which can set up recursion or graveyard synergies. Choosing the two point option brings back up to two creature cards with combined mana value four or less directly to the battlefield. Both choices feel intentional and concrete when you play around graveyard hate and stack interaction.

Use Lively Dirge in decks that lean on reanimation, Delve, Unearth or other yard based mechanics. The card rewards planning because you can split your investment across the Spree options on different casts. In practical terms this is a tidy tutor and a shallow reanimation in one package. The art and flavor lean into Thunder Junction outlaw motifs, suggesting partners pulled from the dark to press an advantage on the battlefield.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost – {1}{B}
• Card Type – Sorcery
• Subtypes – Spree
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – 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.
• Rarity – Uncommon
• Set – Outlaws of Thunder Junction
• Language – English
• Condition – Light Play