Overlord of the Balemurk (Standard)
Overlord of the Balemurk appears in 5.4% of Standard decks in the last 90 days (169 decks), averaging 2.6 copies in the main deck. It is played above all in Dimir Midrange.
Official MTGO and magic.gg results and paper tournaments, data provided by TopDeck.gg, updated . How we count
Share of decks
5.4%
not enough history for the previous period
vs previous 90 days
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
169
167 main, 2 sideboard
Avg. copies
2.6
in the main deck
Win rate
60%
31 top 8 (challenges only)
Weekly data
| Week from | Share of decks |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-06 | – |
| 2026-08-13 | 0.7% |
| 2026-08-20 | 1.3% |
| 2026-08-27 | 2.1% |
| 2026-09-03 | 1.2% |
| 2026-09-10 | 2.7% |
| 2026-09-17 | 1.9% |
| 2026-09-24 | 1.4% |
| 2026-10-01 | 5.8% |
| 2026-10-08 | 8.2% |
| 2026-10-15 | 11.2% |
| 2026-10-22 | 12.6% |
Played together with
| Card | Together | Lift |
|---|---|---|
| Watery Grave | 93% | 4.4 |
| Superior Spider-Man | 86% | 11.2 |
| Cavern of Souls | 83% | 4.4 |
| Bitter Triumph | 83% | 4.0 |
| Gloomlake Verge | 72% | 3.7 |
| Deceit | 72% | 9.3 |
| Requiting Hex | 72% | 2.5 |
| Seasoned Cryomancer | 71% | 12.6 |
| Undercity Sewers | 68% | 8.3 |
| Duress | 62% | 7.3 |
| Strategic Betrayal | 61% | 4.5 |
| Winternight Stories | 60% | 5.3 |
| Restless Reef | 60% | 3.6 |
| Shipwreck Marsh | 58% | 6.7 |
| Uldaros Theorix | 57% | 14.9 |
| Theorix Charm | 53% | 8.4 |
| Multiversal Passage | 51% | 1.8 |
| The Theorist, Jace Beleren | 50% | 7.2 |
| Deadly Cover-Up | 50% | 5.5 |
| Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall | 32% | 5.3 |
- Together
- decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
- Lift
- how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose
Archetypes by metagame share
| Archetype | Meta | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| Dimir Midrange | 10.1% | 0% |
| UB (unclassified) | 6.5% | 50% |
| Orzhov Lifegain | 5.7% | 3% |
| UBR (unclassified) | 1.6% | 16% |
| UBRG (unclassified) | 1.4% | 68% |
| BG (unclassified) | 1.4% | 7% |
| UBG (unclassified) | 1.3% | 30% |
| WB (unclassified) | 1.0% | 6% |