Abhorrent Overlord
Abhorrent Overlord: Creature - Demon, Theros. Flying. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {5}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 7
- Type
- Creature - Demon
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 6/6
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Theros (THS)
- Released
- 2013-09-27
- Collector number
- 75
- Artist
- Slawomir Maniak
- Commander rank
- 5,899 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying
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About Abhorrent Overlord
Abhorrent Overlord is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Theros (THS), an expansion set released in September 2013. It is collector number 75 in that set, with art by Slawomir Maniak. It costs {5}{B}{B} (five generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 7. It is a 6/6 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Theros (2013) to Pioneer Masters (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.59 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Flying
When this creature enters, create a number of 1/1 black Harpy creature tokens with flying equal to your devotion to black. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.59 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Abhorrent Overlord by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Abhorrent Overlord
Abhorrent Overlord has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Masters (PIO) #289 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #50126 | Rare | 2015 |
| Theros Promos (PTHS) #75★ | Rare | 2013 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Abhorrent Overlord, newest first.
- Numeric mana symbols ({0}, {1}, and so on) in mana costs of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.
- Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.
- Hybrid mana symbols, monocolored hybrid mana symbols, and Phyrexian mana symbols do count toward your devotion to their color(s).
- If an activated ability or triggered ability has an effect that depends on your devotion to a color, you count the number of mana symbols of that color among the mana costs of permanents you control as the ability resolves. The permanent with that ability will be counted if it's still on the battlefield at that time.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.