Overlord of the Balemurk
Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror
Rarity
Mythic
Mana Cost
Artist
Mikio Masuda
Power / Toughness
5 / 5
Oracle Text
Impending 5—
(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.
Rules for this card
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An ability on some creatures that allows them to be cast for an alternative cost. If cast for its impending cost, it isn’t a creature for some period of time. See rule 702.176, “Impending.”
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To mill a number of cards, a player puts that many cards from the top of their library into their graveyard. See rule 701.17.
Rulings (5)
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Wizards of the CoastIf you choose to pay the impending cost rather than the mana cost, you're still casting the spell. It goes on the stack and can be responded to, countered, and so on.
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Wizards of the CoastIf you choose to pay the impending cost of a creature spell, it's still a creature spell on the stack. You can cast that spell for its impending cost only when you could normally cast that creature spell. Most of the time, this means during your main phase when the stack is empty.
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Wizards of the Coast"Impending N–[cost]" is a keyword that represents multiple abilities. The official rules are as follows: (a) You may choose to pay [cost] rather than pay this spell's mana cost. (b) If you chose to pay this spell's impending cost, it enters the battlefield with N time counters on it. (c) As long as this permanent has a time counter on it, if it was cast for its impending cost, it's not a creature. (d) At the beginning of your end step, if this permanent was cast for its impending cost, remove a time counter from it.
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Wizards of the CoastYou may return any non-Avatar creature card or any planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand with Overlord of the Balemurk's last ability, not just one you milled while resolving that ability.
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Wizards of the CoastIf an object enters as a copy of a permanent that was cast with its impending cost, it won't enter with time counters, and it will be a creature.