Overlord of the Floodpits
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.)
Flying
Whenever this permanent enters or attacks, draw two cards, then discard a card.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #3010
Overlord of the Floodpits lands as a massive flying threat that immediately warps the board by distributing ward counters, making your permanents dramatically harder to answer. The mana cost is steep, but Zur, Eternal Schemer can cheat it into play as an enchantment creature and get full value without ever paying full price.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zur, Eternal Schemer
Zur, Eternal Schemer animates enchantments as creatures with deathtouch, lifelink, or hexproof, and Overlord of the Floodpits enters as an enchantment creature that layers ward protection on top of those keywords — every animated enchantment becomes significantly harder to remove the turn Overlord hits play.
Niko, Light of Hope
Niko, Light of Hope generates Shard tokens that become counters, and Overlord of the Floodpits' ward-counter distribution turns that token engine into a board-wide protection layer, letting Niko's go-wide plan survive targeted removal far more consistently.
The Master of Keys
The Master of Keys cares about locking down permanents and controlling the board, and Overlord of the Floodpits protects the pieces of that lock by pricing opponents out of spot removal with ward counters on every relevant permanent.
Y'shtola Rhul
Y'shtola Rhul rewards keeping your board intact through combat and spell interactions, and Overlord of the Floodpits turns that survivability gameplan up by taxing every removal spell aimed at your threats.
Captain N'ghathrod
Captain N'ghathrod mills and reanimates opponents' creatures, and Overlord of the Floodpits shields the stolen board state by making each reanimated threat cost extra mana to answer — opponents can't simply point removal at their own creatures to deny the theft.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Overlord of the Floodpits is legal across every major constructed format but is firmly a Commander card — the mana investment and enters-the-battlefield protection effect scale best in a singleton, multiplayer context where the ward counters tax three opponents simultaneously. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Legacy, a seven-mana creature with no immediate win condition simply doesn't fit the tempo of the game, and Pioneer has tighter curves that leave it stranded. Standard is technically an option, but the same problem applies: the payoff is a long-game lock, not a curve-topper. Commander and Oathbreaker are where Overlord of the Floodpits earns its slot, particularly in enchantment-matters or counter-synergy builds that get full mileage out of both the body and the protection engine.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Overlord of the Floodpits isn't currently available in this listing, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live market rate before buying. Given the card's narrow Commander-first profile and niche synergy requirements, it tends to trade at a modest price — pick it up if you're building a deck that specifically wants the ward-counter distribution rather than speculating on broad demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Zur, Eternal Schemer
- Niko, Light of Hope
- The Master of Keys
- Y'shtola Rhul
- Captain N'ghathrod
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.