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◇ Catalog #401

Overlord of the Balemurk

dsk·#401·mythic·showcase

Illus. Mikio Masuda

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Sep '24

1 yr ago

Value

$207.59+$14 (+7.1%)

30 days high $207 · low $193

Volatility · moderate

USD$206.59EUR€172.21

NM$207

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$189–$211

30 days ago
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90-dayhigh $207low $171range 21.1%n 53

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #2,300 · Niche pick

Variants

Showcase$207

Gameplay

Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror

Impending 5—{1}{B} (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.

5/5

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 5

2024-09-20wotc

If 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.

2024-09-20wotc

If 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.

2024-09-20wotc

"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.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 6 days ago at $206.59, up from $192.83 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $170.62 and $206.59 across 53 observations — a moderately swinging band. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from DSK — the lineup includes Showcase alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #401 of *Duskmourn: House of Horror*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2024 Duskmourn: House of Horror release.

Card type: Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror, color identity black, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {3}{B}{B} (5 converted). Keyword abilities: Impending and Mill.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #2,300 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Mikio Masuda. Rarix catalogs 21 other cards credited to this artist.