Overlord of the Hauntwoods
Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror
Impending 4—
(If you cast this spell for its impending cost, it enters with four 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, create a tapped colorless land token named Everywhere that is every basic land type.
Power/Toughness: 6/5
Set
Duskmourn: House of Horror
Rarity
Mythic Rare
Mana Value
5
Artist
Tiffany Turrill
Collector #
194
Why Play Overlord of the Hauntwoods
Ramp decks want this powerful threat for its dual utility as both mana acceleration and a substantial win condition. The impending cost lets you deploy it early as a non-threatening enchantment that generates value immediately, then transforms into a 6/5 body four turns later. Cast it for full cost when you need an immediate threat that provides both board presence and mana fixing. The Everywhere tokens it creates fix any mana problems while ramping you toward other expensive threats.Format Notes
Commander sees the most play for this card, where the mana fixing and ramp effects scale well in multiplayer games with diverse mana bases. Standard and Pioneer decks occasionally include it in green devotion or big mana strategies, though the five mana cost competes with other threats at that curve position. Modern ramp decks sometimes experiment with it, but faster combo decks and efficient removal limit its impact in the format.Combos & Synergies
Azusa, Lost but Seeking and other extra land drop effects maximize the immediate value from the Everywhere tokens, potentially enabling explosive turns. Doubling Season doubles both the land tokens created and can manipulate the time counters when cast for impending cost. Landfall creatures like Omnath, Locus of Creation benefit enormously from the guaranteed land drops, turning each attack into multiple triggered abilities.Featured in These Decks
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