Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar

Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar

Legendary Creature — Human Warlock // Sorcery

Mana cost: {1}{W}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Double strike
Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, return target nonlegendary creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

triggered — brings a card back

triggered — brings a card back

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. This spell costs {2} less to cast for each creature sacrificed this way.

on-cast —

on-cast — costs less

Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. Create a 3/6 black and red Avatar creature token with haste and that ability

on-cast —

on-cast — makes a token

Whenever this token attacks, it deals 3 damage to each opponent.

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: a creature leaves a graveyard, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, create an Avatar creature token, put an Avatar creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: an instant is cast, a sorcery is cast, an instant is copied, a sorcery is copied, a creature to sacrifice, a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

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

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Shaun, Father of Synths leaves the battlefield thanks to Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar, it exiles a Synth you control
  2. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar, it triggers
  3. Gollum, Patient Plotter — When Gollum, Patient Plotter leaves the battlefield thanks to Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar, it has the Ring tempt you
  4. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar, it exiles a Nightmare

copy a sorcery — 83 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Lithoform Engine — When an instant is copied thanks to Lithoform Engine, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  2. Return the Favor — When Return the Favor is copied, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  3. Summon: G.F. Cerberus — When an instant is copied thanks to Summon: G.F. Cerberus, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  4. Capricious Hellraiser — When an instant is copied thanks to Capricious Hellraiser, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  5. Renegade Bull — When an instant is copied thanks to Renegade Bull, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  6. Spinerock Tyrant — When an instant is copied thanks to Spinerock Tyrant, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  7. Chandra, Hope's Beacon — When an instant is copied thanks to Chandra, Hope's Beacon, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  8. Bonus Round — When Bonus Round is copied, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  9. Flare of Duplication — When Flare of Duplication is copied, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  10. Roving Actuator — When an instant is copied thanks to Roving Actuator, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back

73 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

copy an instant — 87 cards in the game can cause this.

When an instant is copied thanks to:

  1. Spellbinder — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  2. Isochron Scepter — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back

85 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Extus is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar:

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  5. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  6. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  7. Chalk Outline — makes a token
  8. Insidious Roots — makes a token
  9. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0

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

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

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar:

  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 (Extus is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar:

  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.

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Extus is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

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

provide a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Divergent Transformations — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar makes fodder for Divergent Transformations
  2. Transmogrify — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar makes fodder for Transmogrify

2,718 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Havengul Lich — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar puts cards into the graveyard that Havengul Lich can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar puts cards into the graveyard that Liliana the Repentant can bring back
  3. Paleoloth — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar puts cards into the graveyard that Paleoloth can bring back
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar puts cards into the graveyard that Chainer, Nightmare Adept can bring back
  5. Banon, the Returners' Leader — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar puts cards into the graveyard that Banon, the Returners' Leader can bring back
  6. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar puts cards into the graveyard that Surgical Suite // Hospital Room can bring back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar puts cards into the graveyard that Sword of Light and Shadow can bring back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar puts cards into the graveyard that Necromantic Thirst can bring back
  9. Krile Baldesion — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar puts cards into the graveyard that Krile Baldesion can bring back
  10. Ruthless Technomancer — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar puts cards into the graveyard that Ruthless Technomancer can bring back
  11. Rankle and Torbran — Rankle and Torbran puts cards into the graveyard that Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar can bring back
  12. War Elemental — When War Elemental is in the graveyard, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar can bring it back
  13. Shriveling Rot — Shriveling Rot puts cards into the graveyard that Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar can bring back
  14. Ayara, First of Locthwain — Ayara, First of Locthwain puts cards into the graveyard that Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar can bring back
  15. Mogg Bombers — When Mogg Bombers is in the graveyard, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar can bring it back
  16. Flame-Kin War Scout — When Flame-Kin War Scout is in the graveyard, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar can bring it back
  17. Foot Chopper — Foot Chopper puts cards into the graveyard that Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar can bring back
  18. Blasting Station — Blasting Station puts cards into the graveyard that Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar can bring back
  19. Tainted Aether — Tainted Aether puts cards into the graveyard that Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar can bring back
  20. Lethal Vapors — Lethal Vapors puts cards into the graveyard that Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar can bring back

1,910 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 (Extus is one).

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — When Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar dies, Zahur, Glory's Past makes a token
  2. Vraska, the Silencer — When a creature dies thanks to Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar, Vraska, the Silencer brings a card back
  3. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — When Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar dies, Liesa, Forgotten Archangel brings a card back
  4. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — When Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar dies, Avacyn, Angel of Horror brings a card back
  5. Yedora, Grave Gardener — When Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar dies, Yedora, Grave Gardener brings a card back
  6. Nim Deathmantle — When Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar dies, Nim Deathmantle brings a card back
  7. Valkyrie's Call — When Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar dies, Valkyrie's Call brings a card back
  8. Decaying Soil — When Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar dies, Decaying Soil brings a card back
  9. High-Society Hunter — When Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar dies, High-Society Hunter draws you 1 card
  10. Overseer of the Damned — When a creature dies thanks to Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar, Overseer of the Damned makes a token

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

a sorcery it makes cheaper to cast — 3,585 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring — Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring reduces what Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar costs

3,584 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

cast a sorcery — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Sword of Once and Future — When an instant is cast thanks to Sword of Once and Future, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  2. Glamdring — When an instant is cast thanks to Glamdring, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  3. Author of Shadows — When an instant is cast thanks to Author of Shadows, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  4. Finale of Promise — When Finale of Promise is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  5. Coveted Prize — When a spell is cast thanks to Coveted Prize, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  6. Shadow of the Enemy — When Shadow of the Enemy is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  7. Xander's Pact — When Xander's Pact is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  8. Bre of Clan Stoutarm — When an instant is cast thanks to Bre of Clan Stoutarm, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  9. Sram's Expertise — When a spell is cast thanks to Sram's Expertise, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  10. Treasure Keeper — When an instant is cast thanks to Treasure Keeper, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back

3,710 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

cast an instant — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Vivi's Persistence — When Vivi's Persistence is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  2. First Day of Class — When First Day of Class is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  3. Wyll's Reversal — When Wyll's Reversal is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  4. Arcbond — When Arcbond is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  5. Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave — When Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  6. Commando Raid — When Commando Raid is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  7. Harsh Justice — When Harsh Justice is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  8. Battle Cry — When Battle Cry is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  9. Blind Fury — When Blind Fury is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  10. Pyre Rhymer // Molten Tide — When Pyre Rhymer // Molten Tide is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back

3,921 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

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

  1. Ninja Teen — When Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar 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 (Extus is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar, it exiles itself

22 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 (Extus is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar 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 (Extus is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

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