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 we read on this card
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 Extus's colors can cause this (Extus is one).
- Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar, it triggers
- 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
- 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 — 33 cards in Extus's colors can cause this.
- Lithoform Engine — When an instant is copied thanks to Lithoform Engine, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- Return the Favor — When Return the Favor is copied, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- 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
- Capricious Hellraiser — When an instant is copied thanks to Capricious Hellraiser, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- Renegade Bull — When an instant is copied thanks to Renegade Bull, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- Spinerock Tyrant — When an instant is copied thanks to Spinerock Tyrant, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- 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
- Bonus Round — When Bonus Round is copied, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- Flare of Duplication — When Flare of Duplication is copied, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- Roving Actuator — When an instant is copied thanks to Roving Actuator, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
23 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
copy an instant — 35 cards in Extus's colors can cause this.
When an instant is copied thanks to:
- Spellbinder — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- Isochron Scepter — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
33 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,240 cards in Extus's colors can cause this (Extus is one).
When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar:
- Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
- Bag of Devouring — exiles it
provide a creature to sacrifice — 1,524 cards in Extus's colors can cause this.
- Divergent Transformations — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar makes fodder for Divergent Transformations
- Transmogrify — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar makes fodder for Transmogrify
1,522 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature in a graveyard — 2,095 cards in Extus's colors can cause this.
- Liliana the Repentant — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar puts cards into the graveyard that Liliana the Repentant can bring back
- Chainer, Nightmare Adept — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar puts cards into the graveyard that Chainer, Nightmare Adept can bring back
- Banon, the Returners' Leader — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar puts cards into the graveyard that Banon, the Returners' Leader can bring back
- Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar puts cards into the graveyard that Surgical Suite // Hospital Room can bring back
- 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
- Necromantic Thirst — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar puts cards into the graveyard that Necromantic Thirst can bring back
- Ruthless Technomancer — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar puts cards into the graveyard that Ruthless Technomancer can bring back
- Forum Necroscribe — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar puts cards into the graveyard that Forum Necroscribe can bring back
- The Deck of Many Things — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar puts cards into the graveyard that The Deck of Many Things can bring back
- Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette — Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar puts cards into the graveyard that Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette can bring back
- Rankle and Torbran — Rankle and Torbran puts cards into the graveyard that Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar can bring back
- War Elemental — When War Elemental is in the graveyard, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar can bring it back
- Shriveling Rot — Shriveling Rot puts cards into the graveyard that Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar can bring back
- Ayara, First of Locthwain — Ayara, First of Locthwain puts cards into the graveyard that Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar can bring back
- Mogg Bombers — When Mogg Bombers is in the graveyard, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar can bring it back
- Flame-Kin War Scout — When Flame-Kin War Scout is in the graveyard, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar can bring it back
- Foot Chopper — Foot Chopper puts cards into the graveyard that Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar can bring back
- Blasting Station — Blasting Station puts cards into the graveyard that Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar can bring back
- Tainted Aether — Tainted Aether puts cards into the graveyard that Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar can bring back
- Lethal Vapors — Lethal Vapors puts cards into the graveyard that Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar can bring back
1,716 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a nontoken creature dies — 2,095 cards in Extus's colors can cause this (Extus is one).
- Zahur, Glory's Past — When Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar dies, Zahur, Glory's Past makes a token
- Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — When Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar dies, Liesa, Forgotten Archangel brings a card back
- Avacyn, Angel of Horror — When Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar dies, Avacyn, Angel of Horror brings a card back
- Nim Deathmantle — When Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar dies, Nim Deathmantle brings a card back
- Valkyrie's Call — When Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar dies, Valkyrie's Call brings a card back
- Decaying Soil — When Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar dies, Decaying Soil brings a card back
- High-Society Hunter — When Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar dies, High-Society Hunter draws you 1 card
- Overseer of the Damned — When a creature dies thanks to Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar, Overseer of the Damned makes a token
- Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — When Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar dies, Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer flickers itself
- Body Launderer — When Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar dies, Body Launderer draws and discards
41 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature token enters the battlefield — 1,568 cards in Extus's colors can cause this (Extus is one).
When an Avatar enters thanks to Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar:
- Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
- Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature token is created — 1,568 cards in Extus's colors can cause this (Extus is one).
- Staff of the Storyteller — When Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar makes an Avatar token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself
2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
cast a sorcery — 2,198 cards in Extus's colors can cause this.
- 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
- Glamdring — When an instant is cast thanks to Glamdring, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- Author of Shadows — When an instant is cast thanks to Author of Shadows, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- Finale of Promise — When Finale of Promise is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- Coveted Prize — When a spell is cast thanks to Coveted Prize, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- Shadow of the Enemy — When Shadow of the Enemy is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- Xander's Pact — When Xander's Pact is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- 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
- Sram's Expertise — When a spell is cast thanks to Sram's Expertise, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- Treasure Keeper — When an instant is cast thanks to Treasure Keeper, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
2,188 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
cast an instant — 2,089 cards in Extus's colors can cause this.
- Vivi's Persistence — When Vivi's Persistence is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- First Day of Class — When First Day of Class is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- Wyll's Reversal — When Wyll's Reversal is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- Arcbond — When Arcbond is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave — When Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- Commando Raid — When Commando Raid is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- Harsh Justice — When Harsh Justice is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- Battle Cry — When Battle Cry is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- Blind Fury — When Blind Fury is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- Pyre Rhymer // Molten Tide — When Pyre Rhymer // Molten Tide is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
2,079 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature leaves the battlefield — 2,826 cards in Extus's colors can cause this (Extus is one).
- Ninja Teen — When Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar leaves the battlefield, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life
23 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 3,580 cards in Extus's colors can cause this (Extus is one).
- Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar, it exiles itself
14 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature attacks — 9,901 cards in Extus's colors can cause this (Extus is one).
- Chorale of the Void — When Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back
168 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.