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Overlord of the Balemurk

Black

6 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Overlord of the Balemurk, Duskmourn: House of Horror printing
Duskmourn: House of Horror DSK · No. 113 2024-09-27

Card text

{3}{B}{B}
Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror
Impending 5—{1}{B} (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.
5 / 5
Keywords: Impending, Mill
EDHREC rank #2288 Mythic Not on the Reserved List
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The 6 printings

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Standard ✓ Legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ✓ Legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

5 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

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.

2024-09-20 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2024-09-20 · Wizards of the Coast

"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.

2024-09-20 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2024-09-20 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2024-09-20 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Overlord of the Balemurk, Duskmourn: House of Horror printing
Duskmourn: House of Horror
DSK · #113
Mythic
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Hobbiesville · Condition MP · Foil
Overlord of the Balemurk, Duskmourn: House of Horror printing
Duskmourn: House of Horror
DSK · #391
Mythic
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Fusion Gaming · Condition LP · Foil
Overlord of the Balemurk, Duskmourn: House of Horror printing
Duskmourn: House of Horror
DSK · #401
Mythic
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Chimera Gaming · Condition MP · Fracture Foil
Overlord of the Balemurk, Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos printing
Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos
PDSK · #113p
Mythic
∅ No QC price
Overlord of the Balemurk, Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos printing
Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos
PDSK · #113s
Mythic
∅ No QC price