Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar
~$0.50 low · ~$9.18 high
Multicolor. Legendary Creature — Human Warlock // Sorcery
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Strixhaven: School of Mages #149 · Illustrated by Chase Stone & Kekai Kotaki
Strixhaven: School of Mages #149 · Illustrated by Chase Stone & Kekai KotakiWhat is Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar worth?
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~$9.18
Extended Art foil · Strixhaven: School of Mages #323
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Oracle text
Extus, Oriq Overlord
Legendary Creature — Human Warlock
Double strike
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, return target nonlegendary creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
2/4
Awaken the Blood Avatar
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. This spell costs 
less to cast for each creature sacrificed this way.
Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. Create a 3/6 black and red Avatar creature token with haste and "Whenever this token attacks, it deals 3 damage to each opponent."
Format legality
All 3 printings of Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos pstx #149s· 2021Promomythic· Cardmarket €3.02 foil | mythic | No non-foil printing | $4.55 | €3.02 foil | |
 Strixhaven: School of Mages stx #149· 2021mythic· Cardmarket €0.90 · €2.04 foil | mythic | $0.50 | $2.04 | €0.90€2.04 foil | |
 Strixhaven: School of Mages stx #323· 2021Extended Artmythic· Cardmarket €4.18 · €11.56 foil | mythic | $4.64 | $9.18 | €4.18€11.56 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2021
- Printings
- 3
- Mana value
- 4
- EDHREC rank
- #11,629 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Magecraft, Double strike
- Artists
- Chase Stone, Chase Stone & Kekai Kotaki
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Strixhaven: School of Mages card (#149).
149 · STX · M · EN
- 149Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- STXSet code for Strixhaven: School of Mages
- MMythic rare
- ENPrinted in English
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar (2 faces), read from the Strixhaven: School of Mages printing. How to read any Magic card.
Extus, Oriq Overlord
- Mana cost
- What you pay to cast this face.
- Type line
- Legendary is a supertype. Creature is the card type. Human and Warlock are subtypes, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does.
- Power / toughness
- 2/4: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.
Awaken the Blood Avatar
- Mana cost
- What you pay to cast this face.
- Type line
- Sorcery is the card type.
- Text box
- What the card does.
This printing
- Illustration
- By Chase Stone & Kekai Kotaki. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Strixhaven: School of Mages. Red-orange means mythic rare.
- Collector number
- 149 = collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- Rarity letter
- M = mythic rare
- Set code
- STX = set code for Strixhaven: School of Mages
- Language
- EN = printed in English
- Artist
- Chase Stone & Kekai Kotaki, after the paintbrush.
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
- Holo stamp
- The foil security stamp at the bottom center, on rares and mythic rares since 2014.
Keywords
- Double strikeCR 702.4
- It deals combat damage twice: in the first-strike step and in the normal step.
Rule numbers from the Magic Comprehensive Rules, version of September 25, 2026.
Rulings (10)
2021-04-16
If an effect creates multiple copies of an instant or sorcery spell, magecraft abilities trigger once for each copy created by the effect.
2021-04-16
The Blood Avatar will be awakened even if no player has creatures to sacrifice when it resolves.
2021-04-16
Awaken the Blood Avatar’s first ability can’t reduce its cost below
. However, you can sacrifice any number of creatures, even if they won’t reduce its cost any further.2021-04-16
Each magecraft ability has a different effect, although they all have the same trigger condition, whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell.
2021-04-16
For example, if you control Archmage Emeritus and cast an instant or sorcery spell, Archmage Emeritus’s magecraft ability will trigger and you will draw a card.
2021-04-16
Some effects instruct you to copy an instant or sorcery card in a zone other than the stack. These copies do not cause magecraft abilities to trigger. However, most effects that do this also allow you to cast the copy, and casting the copy will cause magecraft abilities to trigger.
2021-04-16
If an effect creates a copy of an instant or sorcery spell, this will also cause the magecraft ability to trigger.
2021-04-16
As Awaken the Blood Avatar resolves, first the next opponent in turn order (or, if it’s an opponent’s turn, the opponent whose turn it is) chooses a creature they control, then each other opponent in turn order does the same knowing the choices made before them. Then all the chosen creatures are sacrificed at the same time.
2021-04-16
Returning a nonlegendary creature card is not optional. If there is at least one in your graveyard, you must target it with the magecraft ability.
2021-04-16
Include any additional costs to cast Awaken the Blood Avatar before applying its own cost reduction. For example, if Extus is your commander, and an additional cost of
applies from the “commander tax,” you may cast Awaken the Blood Avatar by sacrificing four creatures and paying 
.
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