Gloom Surgeon
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Avacyn RestoredAVR · #104
- Card type
- Creature — Spirit
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.20 € · ★ 0.67 € · 0.16 $ · ★ 0.59 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Power
- 2
- Toughness
- 1
- Colour
- Black
Card text
If combat damage would be dealt to this creature, prevent that damage and exile that many cards from the top of your library.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Volkan Baǵa
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2012-05-04
Flavour text
He roams the streets of Havengul seeking the sick and delirious so that he may cure them of their lives.
Rulings
Combat damage that would be dealt to Gloom Surgeon will be prevented even if you can’t exile that many cards from the top of your library.
If damage that can’t be prevented (such as the damage Malignus deals) is dealt to Gloom Surgeon, you’ll still exile cards from your library.