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Overlord of the Hauntwoods

Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror

Impending 4—{1}{G}{G} (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.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{G}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
mythic
Set
Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos
Price
$12.43
EDHREC rank
#1827
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Overlord of the Hauntwoods card art
Overlord of the Hauntwoods enters with a land and makes a 3/3 token every time an opponent casts a spell on your turn — that's two-for-one value stapled to a 6/6 body, and the token trigger punishes anyone who tries to interact with you at instant speed. Pair it with Springheart Nantuko to double every token or drop it into Yuna, Hope of Spira to recur it endlessly, and the card pulls well above its mana cost.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Yuna, Hope of Spira

Yuna, Hope of Spira

47.1% of decks · synergy 0.45

Yuna, Hope of Spira cheats large creatures into play and recurs them, making Overlord of the Hauntwoods a repeatable land-fetcher and token engine that resets every time Yuna loops it back.

02
Rendmaw, Creaking Nest

Rendmaw, Creaking Nest

35.9% of decks · synergy 0.34

Rendmaw, Creaking Nest rewards you for making creature tokens, so every opponent spell cast on your turn becomes a trigger that feeds directly into Rendmaw's payoffs — Overlord of the Hauntwoods is a natural fit.

03
Eshki, Temur's Roar

Eshki, Temur's Roar

33.6% of decks · synergy 0.31

Eshki, Temur's Roar cares about large creatures entering the battlefield, and Overlord of the Hauntwoods delivers a 6/6 plus an immediate 3/3 on arrival, hitting Eshki's triggers from the moment it resolves.

04
Zimone, Mystery Unraveler

Zimone, Mystery Unraveler

25.9% of decks · synergy 0.23

Zimone, Mystery Unraveler generates value off permanents entering and leaving play, and Overlord of the Hauntwoods supplies a steady stream of tokens whenever opponents interact on your turn, keeping Zimone's engine churning.

05
Wildsear, Scouring Maw

Wildsear, Scouring Maw

25.6% of decks · synergy 0.23

Wildsear, Scouring Maw benefits from a wide board of expendable creatures, and Overlord of the Hauntwoods supplies fresh 3/3 tokens as fuel while also ramping you into Wildsear's higher mana demands.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Overlord of the Hauntwoods does its best work — four opponents mean four clocks generating tokens whenever anyone casts a flash spell or reactive piece on your turn, and the enters-the-battlefield land fetch makes it a legitimate ramp spell on top of a threat. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, a six-mana 6/6 is simply too slow without a reanimation shell to justify the rate, and the token trigger fires far less often in one-on-one games where opponents have less incentive to cast on your turn. Standard is the exception where its raw size and built-in value can dominate a slower midrange table. Legacy and Vintage have no interest — six mana is a lifetime in those formats.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Verdant Force and Tendershoot Dryad both produce creature tokens on a recurring schedule at a fraction of the price, though neither comes with the land-fetch that makes Overlord of the Hauntwoods a ramp piece on top of a token engine. If the primary appeal is punishing instant-speed interaction, Reconnaissance Mission or a flash-threat density build can approximate the feel, but nothing under a few dollars perfectly replicates the combination of ramp, body, and reactive token generation that Overlord of the Hauntwoods packages together.

Price Context

Current price

$12.43 mid tier

At $12.43, Overlord of the Hauntwoods sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate slot, cheap enough that it belongs in any deck that can use it rather than a prestige purchase. Demand from token, ramp, and reanimator builds across multiple formats should keep it stable at this price point.

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