Dorothea, Vengeful Victim // Dorothea's Retribution
Legendary Creature — Spirit // Enchantment — Aura
Flying
When Dorothea attacks or blocks, sacrifice it at end of combat.
Disturb 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard transformed for its disturb cost.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Innistrad: Crimson Vow
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #14694
Dorothea, Vengeful Victim // Dorothea's Retribution puts a 4/4 flying Spirit token into play the turn it dies — attacking or blocking triggers the haunt, and the Retribution side keeps generating tokens as long as you keep swinging. The cost is real: one mana for a 2/2 flier looks fine until you realize the engine only fires if opponents let Dorothea trade, which experienced players won't.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Millicent, Restless Revenant
Millicent, Restless Revenant triggers off every nontoken Spirit entering the battlefield, which means Dorothea, Vengeful Victim // Dorothea's Retribution's haunted token generation feeds Millicent's own token production in a loop — each 4/4 Spirit that enters off Retribution can become another Millicent trigger the next time one dies.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Dorothea, Vengeful Victim // Dorothea's Retribution does its real work — Spirit tribal decks and aristocrats shells both want a recursive threat that converts a single death into a 4/4 flying attacker. In Modern and Pioneer, it's too fragile at two toughness and too slow without a dedicated Spirits shell to recur it consistently. Legacy has better options at this slot, and Vintage doesn't care. Commander is the correct home, full stop.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Dorothea, Vengeful Victim // Dorothea's Retribution is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a four-of without thinking twice. Price stability is unlikely to move dramatically either direction given its narrow tribal niche, but it doesn't need to: it earns its slot on mechanics, not scarcity.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.