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Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar

Legendary Creature — Human Warlock // Sorcery

Double strike
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, return target nonlegendary creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{1}{W}{B}{B}
Color identity
BRW
Rarity
mythic
Set
Strixhaven: School of Mages
Price
$0.53
EDHREC rank
#11317
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Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar card art
Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar is a two-headed threat: the front face recurs nonlegendary creatures every time you cast a spell, and the back face is a sacrifice-fueled token engine that scales with how many opponents you have. The catch is that Awaken the Blood Avatar costs a minimum of three creatures to cast, so it needs a deck built around feeding the graveyard — but once Chain of Smog enters the picture, Extus becomes a loop engine that can recur itself indefinitely.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the natural home for Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — the three-opponent ceiling on Awaken's power is a feature, not a bug, and the graveyard recursion on the front face compounds over a long game in ways 60-card formats won't tolerate. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but competes with faster, more consistent engines, and in Modern and Pioneer it occupies a narrow reanimator-adjacent shell that rarely needs it specifically. Oathbreaker is the sleeper pick: Extus as the planeswalker-adjacent signature spell for a token or aristocrats deck can generate real value in that format's compressed game length.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

130 decks
Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood AvatarDualcaster MageJeska's WillPhyrexian Altar

Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood AvatarDualcaster MageJeska's WillPhyrexian Altar

Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite red mana; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count; Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until end of turn

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103 decks
Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood AvatarDualcaster MageJeska's WillAshnod's Altar

Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood AvatarDualcaster MageJeska's WillAshnod's Altar

Infinite colorless mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite red mana; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count; Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until end of turn

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Price Context

Current price

$0.53 bulk tier

At $0.53, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar is firmly bulk — surprising given that it anchors a popular Commander combo line. The price reflects modest inclusion rates outside dedicated aristocrats builds, and it's unlikely to spike unless a new infinite loop emerges that specifically requires it.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.