---
name: "Gathering of Darkness"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Amass"]
set: "HOB"
set_name: "The Hobbit"
collector_number: "68"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Pavel Kolomeyets"
oracle_id: "85e1556d-c4da-4979-a5db-4ce3842c7797"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gathering-of-darkness-hob"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Gathering of Darkness
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Amass

## Oracle Text
Return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Amass Goblins 3. (Put three +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also a Goblin. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Goblin Army creature token first.)

> *"Alas! Bolg of the North is coming!"
—Gandalf*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rage into the Valley](/printing/rage-into-the-valley-hob.md) — Sorcery
2. [Fearsome Goblin Pair](/printing/fearsome-goblin-pair-hob.md) — Creature — Goblin Soldier
3. [Along the Crooked Way](/printing/along-the-crooked-way-hob.md) — Enchantment
4. [Boggart Birth Rite](/printing/boggart-birth-rite-lrw.md) — Kindred Sorcery — Goblin
5. [Great Goblin, Foul-Hearted](/printing/great-goblin-foul-hearted-hoc.md) — Legendary Creature — Goblin Noble
6. [Callous Dismissal](/printing/callous-dismissal-war.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Hobbit (HOB) #68
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Pavel Kolomeyets
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`