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Overlord of the Balemurk
Oracle Text
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.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Overlord of the Balemurk is a classic mythic value engine for slower black decks, especially control or midrange shells that want a threat that doubles as recursion. Its impending mode is the key flexibility: cast it early for {1}{B} to set up future inevitability while staying safe behind removal, then let it mature into a 5/5 that immediately rewards you on entry and again when it attacks. Milling four is not just incidental—pair it with cards that want the graveyard stocked, such as self-mill enablers, delirium-style payoffs, or cheap looting effects, and you can reliably rebuy a crucial non-Avatar creature or planeswalker. In practice, it is strongest when your deck has a high density of impactful targets worth returning, since the card advantage comes from recovery, not raw velocity. It shines in grindy games where repeated attacks or blink effects can turn the graveyard into a second hand.
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Character Background
Overlord of the Balemurk is a classic mythic value engine for slower black decks, especially control or midrange shells that want a threat that doubles as recursion. Its impending mode is the key flexibility: cast it early for {1}{B} to set up future inevitability while staying safe behind removal, then let it mature into a 5/5 that immediately rewards you on entry and again when it attacks. Milling four is not just incidental—pair it with cards that want the graveyard stocked, such as self-mill enablers, delirium-style payoffs, or cheap looting effects, and you can reliably rebuy a crucial non-Avatar creature or planeswalker. In practice, it is strongest when your deck has a high density of impactful targets worth returning, since the card advantage comes from recovery, not raw velocity. It shines in grindy games where repeated attacks or blink effects can turn the graveyard into a second hand.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-11 03:10:43 UTC