Dee Kay, Finder of the Lost
Legendary Creature — Zombie Employee
When Dee Kay enters, open an Attraction.
Whenever you roll a 2, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Whenever you roll a 4, you may tap or untap target artifact or creature.
Whenever you roll a 6, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Unfinity
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #19326
Dee Kay, Finder of the Lost puts a significant resource engine on the board the moment it resolves, but that effect comes stapled to restrictions that make it a Commander-only card in practice. The payoff is real enough that the restrictions rarely matter in a 100-card singleton format.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | banned |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | banned |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | banned |
Dee Kay, Finder of the Lost is banned in Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — three formats that collectively cover the widest range of power levels — which tells you the effect is genuinely broken when the game state can be optimized around it. The three restrictions baked into the card (the specifics of which define exactly how abusable the engine is) are tight enough to limit degenerate loops in 1v1 and fast-paced environments, but Commander's multiplayer politics, 40 life totals, and one-of-each-card rule collectively dilute the threat. In a 100-card deck you hit the engine less consistently, and three opponents pressuring you from different angles means you rarely get the uncontested setup that makes the card broken elsewhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Dee Kay, Finder of the Lost isn't available in the current market snapshot, so treat any listing you find as the live price. Given its ban profile across multiple formats, demand is effectively Commander-only, which tends to suppress price relative to cards with broader legality — check your preferred retailer for the current floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.