Overlord of the Balemurk
Tier BEnchantment Creature — Avatar Horror, {3}{B}{B}
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.
Power Level
Competitive Utilization
| Format | Archetype | Tier | Copies | Deck % | Board | Real Freq |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| standard | Dimir Reanimator(7.8%) | A | 2.3 | 95% | Main | 2.18 |
| legacy | Death and Taxes (Yorion) - Black/White(3.7%) | B | 4.0 | 100% | Main | 4.00 |
| modern | Esper Blink(5.4%) | B | 4.0 | 79% | Main | 3.16 |
| pioneer | Mono-Black Midrange(0.4%) | B | 4.0 | 50% | Main | 2.00 |
| pioneer | Abzan Greasefang(3.3%) | B | 1.0 | 100% | Main | 1.00 |
| duel-commander | Winter, Cynical Opportunist(1.8%) | B | 1.0 | 100% | Main | 1.00 |
| standard | Golgari Self-Mill(0.1%) | C | 4.0 | 100% | Main | 4.00 |
| standard | 4c Reanimator(1.1%) | C | 2.7 | 100% | Main | 2.70 |
| standard | Grixis Reanimator(0.4%) | C | 2.3 | 100% | Main | 2.30 |
| standard | Sultai Reanimator(0.2%) | C | 2.7 | 67% | Main | 1.81 |
| legacy | Nic Fit(0.4%) | C | 2.5 | 57% | Main | 1.42 |
| legacy | Sultai Depths(0.5%) | C | 4.0 | 33% | Main | 1.32 |
| duel-commander | The Wandering Minstrel(0.6%) | C | 1.0 | 100% | Main | 1.00 |
| standard | Esper Reanimator(0.1%) | C | 1.0 | 100% | Main | 1.00 |
| standard | Orzhov Aristocrats(0.1%) | C | 2.0 | 33% | Main | 0.66 |
| vintage | Scam(2.2%) | C | 1.0 | 53% | Main | 0.53 |
| vintage | Red Prison(2.1%) | C | 1.0 | 33% | Main | 0.33 |
| modern | Orzhov GenericBlink(0.0%) | D | 4.0 | 100% | Main | 4.00 |
| standard | Golgari Insidious Roots(0.0%) | D | 4.0 | 100% | Main | 4.00 |
| modern | Mardu GenericBlink(0.0%) | D | 4.0 | 100% | Main | 4.00 |
| legacy | Orzhov Stoneblade(0.0%) | D | 4.0 | 100% | Main | 4.00 |
| modern | Orzhov Blink(0.0%) | D | 4.0 | 100% | Main | 4.00 |
| pioneer | Mono-Black Devotion(0.0%) | D | 4.0 | 100% | Main | 4.00 |
| legacy | Esper Vial(0.0%) | D | 4.0 | 100% | Main | 4.00 |
| standard | Abzan Self-Bounce(0.0%) | D | 4.0 | 100% | Main | 4.00 |
| legacy | Death and Taxes (60 Card)(0.0%) | D | 3.0 | 100% | Main | 3.00 |
| standard | Golgari Reanimator(0.0%) | D | 3.0 | 100% | Main | 3.00 |
| modern | Esper GenericBlink(0.0%) | D | 3.9 | 68% | Main | 2.65 |
| pioneer | Mardu Greasefang(0.0%) | D | 2.0 | 100% | Main | 2.00 |
| modern | 5c Blink(0.0%) | D | 4.0 | 33% | Main | 1.32 |
| duel-commander | Thranduil, the Elvenking(0.0%) | D | 1.0 | 100% | Main | 1.00 |
| duel-commander | Terra, Magical Adept(0.0%) | D | 1.0 | 100% | Main | 1.00 |
| standard | Sultai Excruciator(0.0%) | D | 1.0 | 100% | Main | 1.00 |
| pioneer | Grixis Midrange(0.0%) | D | 2.0 | 33% | Main | 0.66 |
| duel-commander | Ellie, Brick Master // Ellie, Vengeful Hunter(0.0%) | D | 1.0 | 33% | Main | 0.33 |
| cedh | The Master of Keys(0.1%) | 1.0 | 7% | Main | 0.07 | |
| cedh | Rakdos, the Muscle(0.1%) | 1.0 | 0% | Main | 0.00 | |
| cedh | Norman Osborn // Green Goblin(0.1%) | 1.0 | 0% | Main | 0.00 | |
| cedh | Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra(0.2%) | 1.0 | 7% | Main | 0.07 | |
| cedh | Teval, the Balanced Scale(0.1%) | 1.0 | 6% | Main | 0.06 | |
| cedh | Ashling, the Limitless(0.1%) | 1.0 | 2% | Main | 0.02 | |
| cedh | Glarb, Calamity's Augur(0.2%) | 1.0 | 1% | Main | 0.01 | |
| cedh | Kaalia of the Vast(0.0%) | 1.0 | 1% | Main | 0.01 | |
| cedh | Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow(0.2%) | 1.0 | 1% | Main | 0.01 | |
| cedh | K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth(0.3%) | 1.0 | 1% | Main | 0.01 |