Feast of the Victorious Dead
Enchantment
At the beginning of your end step, if one or more creatures died this turn, you gain that much life and distribute that many +1/+1 counters among any number of creatures you control.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- March of the Machine: The Aftermath
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #6413
Feast of the Victorious Dead pays you life and +1/+1 counters at the end of each combat where your creatures died — free, recurring value stapled to the thing your token and aristocrats decks are already doing. In Felisa, Fang of Silverquill builds especially, where counters are the whole economy, this enchantment is close to mandatory.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
Felisa, Fang of Silverquill turns +1/+1 counters on dying creatures into Inklings, so Feast of the Victorious Dead converting those same deaths into fresh counters on your survivors creates a self-reinforcing loop of tokens and counters each combat step.
Elenda, the Dusk Rose
Elenda, the Dusk Rose grows off each creature death and then explodes into Vampires when she dies herself, and Feast of the Victorious Dead stacks counter accumulation on top so your board is larger and more threatening before that payoff hits.
Ghave, Guru of Spores
Ghave, Guru of Spores converts counters into tokens and tokens back into counters, and Feast of the Victorious Dead feeds that loop by replenishing counters onto the board whenever Ghave's fodder dies in combat.
Orah, Skyclave Hierophant
Orah, Skyclave Hierophant Cleric decks cycle creatures through the graveyard constantly, and Feast of the Victorious Dead rewards that churn with life and counters that let your recursive pieces survive longer once they return.
Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
Liesa, Forgotten Archangel already denies opponents their graveyard triggers on creatures she kills, and Feast of the Victorious Dead layers on lifegain and counters so every combat where Liesa trades or punches through pays you twice.
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 |
Feast of the Victorious Dead is fundamentally a Commander card — its value compounds over multiple combat steps across a long game, which is exactly the environment Commander provides. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer it's too slow and too conditional: you need creatures dying in combat specifically, not to removal, and two mana for an enchantment that does nothing the turn it enters is a steep ask when games end on turn four. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters for the same reason, plus the raw power bar is simply too high. Commander is where Feast of the Victorious Dead belongs, particularly in token-aristocrats or counter-synergy builds that reliably flood the board and attack every turn.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.