---
name: "Overlord of the Balemurk"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Impending", "Mill"]
set: "DSK"
set_name: "Duskmourn: House of Horror"
collector_number: "391"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Mikio Masuda"
oracle_id: "652e87af-7cf0-407f-9fb7-1a630fb8dd47"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/overlord-of-the-balemurk-dsk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Overlord of the Balemurk
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/5
- **Keywords:** Impending, Mill

## Oracle Text
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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Overlord of the Boilerbilges](/printing/overlord-of-the-boilerbilges-dsk.md) — Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror
2. [Overlord of the Hauntwoods](/printing/overlord-of-the-hauntwoods-dsk.md) — Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror
3. [Overlord of the Floodpits](/printing/overlord-of-the-floodpits-dsk.md) — Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror
4. [Overlord of the Mistmoors](/printing/overlord-of-the-mistmoors-dsk.md) — Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror
5. [Ravenous Gigamole](/printing/ravenous-gigamole-bro.md) — Creature — Mole Horror
6. [Avatar of Woe](/printing/avatar-of-woe-pcy.md) — Creature — Avatar

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK) #391
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Mikio Masuda
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`