---
name: "Gloom Surgeon"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Spirit"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "AVR"
set_name: "Avacyn Restored"
collector_number: "104"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Volkan Baǵa"
oracle_id: "48b8ab2d-9f3f-42b2-9c5d-7497bceae43e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gloom-surgeon-avr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Gloom Surgeon
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1

## Oracle Text
If combat damage would be dealt to this creature, prevent that damage and exile that many cards from the top of your library.

> *그는 헤이븐굴의 거리를 누비며, 아프거나 정신 나간 사람들로부터 삶이라는 병을 치료한다.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Crumbling Sanctuary](/printing/crumbling-sanctuary-wc00.md) — Artifact
2. [Seasoned Tactician](/printing/seasoned-tactician-all.md) — Creature — Human Advisor
3. [Terrifying Presence](/printing/terrifying-presence-ddl.md) — Instant
4. [Azorius Ploy](/printing/azorius-ploy-dis.md) — Instant
5. [Dawnstrider](/printing/dawnstrider-mmq.md) — Creature — Dryad Spellshaper
6. [Urborg Phantom](/printing/urborg-phantom-inv.md) — Creature — Spirit Minion

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avacyn Restored (AVR) #104
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Volkan Baǵa
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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