Abhorrent Overlord

Abhorrent Overlord

Creature — Demon

Mana cost: {5}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Flying
When this creature enters, create a number of 1/1 black Harpy creature tokens with flying equal to your devotion to black.

triggered — makes your devotion to black tokens

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature.

triggered —

Causes: create a Harpy creature token, put a Harpy creature token onto the battlefield, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies.

Cares about: an upkeep, a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Abhorrent Overlord is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Shaun, Father of Synths leaves the battlefield thanks to Abhorrent Overlord, it exiles a Synth you control
  2. Gollum, Patient Plotter — When Gollum, Patient Plotter leaves the battlefield thanks to Abhorrent Overlord, it has the Ring tempt you
  3. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Abhorrent Overlord, it exiles a Nightmare

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this (Abhorrent Overlord is one).

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Abhorrent Overlord onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Kethek, Crucible Goliath — Kethek, Crucible Goliath can put Abhorrent Overlord onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Abhorrent Overlord onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Abhorrent Overlord onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Abhorrent Overlord onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Abhorrent Overlord onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Abhorrent Overlord onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Abhorrent Overlord onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Abhorrent Overlord onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Abhorrent Overlord onto the battlefield from your library

8 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Demon enters the battlefield — 284 cards in the game can cause this (Abhorrent Overlord is one).

When Abhorrent Overlord enters:

  1. Blood Speaker — returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Be'lakor, the Dark Master — deals its power damage

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Abhorrent Overlord is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Abhorrent Overlord:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Abhorrent Overlord is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Abhorrent Overlord:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

20 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Abhorrent Overlord is one).

Abhorrent Overlord puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  3. Paleoloth — can bring back
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  5. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  6. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  9. Krile Baldesion — can bring back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — can bring back

799 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Abhorrent Overlord is one).

When Abhorrent Overlord dies:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

60 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Abhorrent Overlord is one).

When a Harpy enters thanks to Abhorrent Overlord:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Abhorrent Overlord is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Abhorrent Overlord makes a Harpy token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Abhorrent Overlord is one).

When Abhorrent Overlord dies:

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — makes a player lose life equal to its toughness

459 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Abhorrent Overlord is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When Abhorrent Overlord leaves the battlefield, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

34 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Abhorrent Overlord is one).

  1. Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization — When Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization dies thanks to Abhorrent Overlord, it returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Abhorrent Overlord, it exiles itself

19 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Abhorrent Overlord is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Abhorrent Overlord fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs

443 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Abhorrent Overlord is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Abhorrent Overlord attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

232 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.