Overlord of the Boilerbilges
Overlord of the Boilerbilges: Enchantment Creature - Avatar Horror, Duskmourn: House of Horror. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{R}{R}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Enchantment Creature - Avatar Horror
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 5/5
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK)
- Released
- 2024-09-27
- Collector number
- 146
- Artist
- Helge C. Balzer
- Keywords
- Impending
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About Overlord of the Boilerbilges
Overlord of the Boilerbilges is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare red enchantment creature from Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK), an expansion set released in September 2024. It is collector number 146 in that set, with art by Helge C. Balzer. It costs {4}{R}{R} (four generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 5/5 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.03 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Impending 4-{2}{R}{R} (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, it deals 4 damage to any target.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.03 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Overlord of the Boilerbilges by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Overlord of the Boilerbilges
Overlord of the Boilerbilges has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK) #380 | Mythic | 2024 |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK) #393 | Mythic | 2024 |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK) #403 | Mythic | 2024 |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos (PDSK) #146p | Mythic | 2024 |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos (PDSK) #146s | Mythic | 2024 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Overlord of the Boilerbilges, newest first.
- "Impending N-[cost]" is a keyword that represents multiple abilities. The official rules are as follows: (a) You may choose to pay [cost] rather than pay this spell's mana cost. (b) If you chose to pay this spell's impending cost, it enters the battlefield with N time counters on it. (c) As long as this permanent has a time counter on it, if it was cast for its impending cost, it's not a creature. (d) At the beginning of your end step, if this permanent was cast for its impending cost, remove a time counter from it.
- If an object enters as a copy of a permanent that was cast with its impending cost, it won't enter with time counters, and it will be a creature.
- If you choose to pay the impending cost of a creature spell, it's still a creature spell on the stack. You can cast that spell for its impending cost only when you could normally cast that creature spell. Most of the time, this means during your main phase when the stack is empty.
- If you choose to pay the impending cost rather than the mana cost, you're still casting the spell. It goes on the stack and can be responded to, countered, and so on.
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