Overlord of the Balemurk

Overlord of the Balemurk

Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror

Mana cost: {3}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Impending 5—{1}{B}
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.

triggered — mills a card

triggered — mills a card

triggered — brings a card back

triggered — brings a card back

Causes: mill a card, a creature leaves a graveyard, a planeswalker leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a creature in a graveyard, a planeswalker in a graveyard.

Works well with

put a permanent onto the battlefield — 152 cards in the game can cause this.

When Overlord of the Balemurk enters thanks to:

  1. Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — it mills a card
  2. Deep Space 9 — it mills a card

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

put a planeswalker into a graveyard — 232 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Loot, the Anomaly — Loot, the Anomaly puts cards into the graveyard that Overlord of the Balemurk can bring back
  2. Braids's Frightful Return — Braids's Frightful Return puts cards into the graveyard that Overlord of the Balemurk can bring back
  3. Scavenger's Talent — Scavenger's Talent puts cards into the graveyard that Overlord of the Balemurk can bring back
  4. Eradicator Valkyrie — Eradicator Valkyrie puts cards into the graveyard that Overlord of the Balemurk can bring back
  5. Winter, Tormented Loner — Winter, Tormented Loner puts cards into the graveyard that Overlord of the Balemurk can bring back
  6. Blood on the Snow — Blood on the Snow puts cards into the graveyard that Overlord of the Balemurk can bring back
  7. Lethal Throwdown — Lethal Throwdown puts cards into the graveyard that Overlord of the Balemurk can bring back
  8. Bone Shards — Bone Shards puts cards into the graveyard that Overlord of the Balemurk can bring back
  9. Flare of Malice — Flare of Malice puts cards into the graveyard that Overlord of the Balemurk can bring back
  10. Spark Harvest — Spark Harvest puts cards into the graveyard that Overlord of the Balemurk can bring back

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

a Horror deals combat damage — 382 cards in the game can cause this (Overlord of the Balemurk is one).

  1. Captain N'ghathrod — When Overlord of the Balemurk deals combat damage, Captain N'ghathrod mills a card

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

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Overlord of the Balemurk:

  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.

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

When a creature or planeswalker leaves a graveyard thanks to Overlord of the Balemurk:

  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.

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

  1. Cateran Overlord — Cateran Overlord puts cards into the graveyard that Overlord of the Balemurk can bring back

2,768 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (Overlord of the Balemurk is one).

When Overlord of the Balemurk is cast:

  1. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  2. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  3. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  4. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
  5. Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
  6. Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
  7. Herald of the Pantheon — gains you 1 life
  8. Kami of Transience — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Argothian Enchantress — draws you 1 card
  10. Mesa Enchantress — draws you 1 card

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

a nontoken enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,691 cards in the game can cause this (Overlord of the Balemurk is one).

  1. Historian's Boon — When Overlord of the Balemurk enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

an enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,743 cards in the game can cause this (Overlord of the Balemurk is one).

When Overlord of the Balemurk enters:

  1. Calix, Guided by Fate — puts a counter on a creature
  2. Elvish Archivist — draws you 1 card
  3. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — surveils
  4. Strength from the Fallen — gives +X/+X, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard
  5. Doomwake Giant — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  6. Cacophony Unleashed — turns something into a creature
  7. Ghostly Dancers — makes a token
  8. Thassa's Devourer — mills a card
  9. Killian, Decisive Mentor — taps a creature
  10. Thoughtrender Lamia — makes an opponent discard a card

74 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 (Overlord of the Balemurk is one).

Overlord of the Balemurk:

  1. Thor, God of Thunder — puts cards into the graveyard that Thor, God of Thunder can bring back
  2. Samwise Gamgee — puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  3. Bloodbond March — puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  4. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  5. Harness the Storm — puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  6. Transplant Theorist — puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  7. Heart-Shaped Herb — puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  8. Wayward Angel — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  9. Rescue from the Underworld — puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  10. Sidequest: Card Collection // Magicked Card — fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more cards Sidequest: Card Collection // Magicked Card needs

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

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Overlord of the Balemurk is one).

When Overlord of the Balemurk attacks:

  1. Within Range — makes each opponent lose life
  2. Sparring Regimen — puts a counter on a creature
  3. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  4. Obsessive Pursuit — makes you lose life

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

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Overlord of the Balemurk is one).

When Overlord of the Balemurk is cast:

  1. Primeval Bounty — makes a token
  2. Communal Brewing — it arrives with counters thanks to Communal Brewing

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Overlord of the Balemurk is one).

When Overlord of the Balemurk enters:

  1. Pollywog Prodigy — puts a counter on itself
  2. Airbender Ascension — puts a quest counter on itself

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