Necroduality
Enchantment
Whenever a nontoken Zombie you control enters, create a token that's a copy of that creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Innistrad: Crimson Vow Promos
- Price
- $5.90
- EDHREC rank
- #2947
Necroduality turns every Zombie ETB into two — each nontoken Zombie that enters under your control gets a copy, and that doubling effect snowballs fast enough to close games on its own. At four mana it's not cheap, but Relentless Dead alone coming back repeatedly turns this into a token factory, and Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver decks run it in roughly 70% of lists for exactly that reason.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver already rewards you for Zombies dying by making Decayed tokens, and Necroduality means every nontoken Zombie that hits the board first generates a copy — so Wilhelt's death triggers fire twice as often before anything else happens.
Varina, Lich Queen
Varina, Lich Queen draws cards for each attacking Zombie, and Necroduality doubles the nontoken count before combat even begins, turning an average attack step into a massive card advantage engine.
Temmet, Naktamun's Will
Temmet, Naktamun's Will cares about tokens going wide and hitting hard, so Necroduality's copies feed both axes — more tokens to pump and more bodies to swing with.
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born needs a steady supply of Zombies to sacrifice for counters and removal, and Necroduality ensures every nontoken Zombie that enters provides an instant free sacrifice fodder alongside it.
The Scarab God
The Scarab God exiles creatures to create Zombie tokens, but those are already tokens — the payoff from Necroduality comes from every other nontoken Zombie in the deck entering doubled, then scrying and draining twice as hard when they die.
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 Necroduality lives — the singleton format's deep Zombie tribal infrastructure means there are always nontoken Zombies entering, and the enchantment's value compounds over a long game in a way that four-player politics allows. In Modern and Pioneer it's legal but sees essentially no competitive play; four mana for a do-nothing-on-its-own enchantment is too slow when the format demands pressure by turn two or three. Legacy and Vintage have access to faster combo lines and better payoffs, so Necroduality doesn't register there either. It's a Commander card through and through.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Relentless DeadNecrodualityPhyrexian Altar
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers
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Relentless DeadNecrodualityAshnod's Altar
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite recursion of Zombie cards in your graveyard
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NecrodualityRot HulkCarrion Feeder
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Return some creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield
View on Commander Spellbook ↗NecrodualityRot HulkPhyrexian Altar
Infinite colored mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Return some creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield
View on Commander Spellbook ↗NecrodualityRot HulkAshnod's Altar
Infinite colorless mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Return some creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield
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Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Reflections of Littjara names Zombies and copies each one that enters, functioning as a direct Necroduality substitute in tribal shells for around $1 — the trade-off is that Reflections costs five mana and copies all permanents of the chosen type, not just nontoken creatures, which matters less in practice than the extra mana. If you want redundancy rather than replacement, Anointed Procession doubles all tokens including the copies Necroduality generates, so running both turns your Zombie ETBs into three bodies instead of two.
Price Context
Current price
$5.90 mid tier
At $5.90, Necroduality sits in the mid tier — affordable enough that it belongs in most Zombie tribal builds without a second thought. It's a four-of staple in its archetype within Commander, so the price has a real floor; casual demand from the format's largest tribe keeps it from dipping much lower.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.