Overlord of the Balemurk – MTG Proxy Duskmourn: House of Horror

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Overlord of the Balemurk

3 generic manaBlack manaBlack mana

Mana value: 5 · Color identity: Black

Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror

Impending 5—1 generic manaBlack mana (If you cast this spell for its impending cost, it enters with five time counters and isn't a creature until the last is removed. At the beginning of your end step, remove a time counter from it.)
Whenever this permanent enters or attacks, mill four cards, then you may return a non-Avatar creature card or a planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand.

Power / toughness: 5 / 5

Card format legality
Commander
Legal
Modern
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Standard
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Pauper
Not legal

Format status describes the underlying Magic card, not eligibility of this printed product for sanctioned play.

Updated

Card rulings 5
  1. You may return any non-Avatar creature card or any planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand with Overlord of the Balemurk's last ability, not just one you milled while resolving that ability.
  2. "Impending N–[cost]" is a keyword that represents multiple abilities. The official rules are as follows: (a) You may choose to pay [cost] rather than pay this spell's mana cost. (b) If you chose to pay this spell's impending cost, it enters the battlefield with N time counters on it. (c) As long as this permanent has a time counter on it, if it was cast for its impending cost, it's not a creature. (d) At the beginning of your end step, if this permanent was cast for its impending cost, remove a time counter from it.
  3. If you choose to pay the impending cost rather than the mana cost, you're still casting the spell. It goes on the stack and can be responded to, countered, and so on.
  4. If you choose to pay the impending cost of a creature spell, it's still a creature spell on the stack. You can cast that spell for its impending cost only when you could normally cast that creature spell. Most of the time, this means during your main phase when the stack is empty.
  5. If an object enters as a copy of a permanent that was cast with its impending cost, it won't enter with time counters, and it will be a creature.

Updated

Overlord of the Balemurk gives a black graveyard deck both setup and recovery in one entry. It mills four cards, then can return a non-Avatar creature or a planeswalker from your graveyard to your hand. The card you recover can be one of the cards just milled, making the trigger useful even when the graveyard began nearly empty.

Impending offers that first trigger for two mana. The Overlord enters with five time counters and is not a creature until the last is removed, with one coming off at each of your end steps. You get the milling and recovery immediately, then wait for the attacking body unless another effect changes the situation.

Casting it normally for five mana gives you a creature without the impending delay. Later attacks repeat the same mill-and-return effect, helping maintain a hand of useful creatures or planeswalkers. Blink effects can also generate fresh entries, while the enchantment type offers another angle for decks that care about enchantments entering or remaining on the battlefield. The non-Avatar restriction prevents the creature-return option from simply picking up any Avatar in the graveyard. Keep the actual creature types in mind when planning recursion packages. The Overlord is most useful when the milled cards have value beyond the one returned to hand, such as reanimation targets or flashback spells. That turns each trigger into broader setup rather than merely a search through four cards for something to recast.

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