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About Lamentation

Lamentation, Creature — elemental incarnation, designed by Lars Grant-West first released in Jan, 2026 in the set Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander and was printed exactly in 2 different ways.

**Lamentation** would fit best in a black-based midrange or control deck—especially in Commander—where repeatable creature removal stapled to a body provides value, and the **Encore** ability can generate massive swing turns in multiplayer by repeatedly destroying opposing creatures while gaining life; it’s particularly strong in graveyard-focused shells (e.g., Meren of Clan Nel Toth, Chainer, or any reanimator/aristocrats build) that can recur or fill the graveyard easily. However, at **6 mana** upfront (5B), it’s relatively slow compared to stronger staples like **Ravenous Chupacabra** (cheaper ETB removal), **Shriekmaw** (flexible evoke cost), **Noxious Gearhulk** (lifegain plus bigger body), or **Massacre Wurm** (board-impacting finisher), which are generally more efficient unless you specifically want the Encore synergy for multiplayer blowouts. It could see play in casual or synergy-driven Commander decks that leverage graveyard value and token death triggers, but in optimized li