---
name: "Gloomfang Mauler"
mana_cost: "{5}{B}{B}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Creature — Nightmare"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Backup", "Landcycling", "Menace", "Typecycling", "Cycling", "Swampcycling"]
set: "MOM"
set_name: "March of the Machine"
collector_number: "108"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Denis Zhbankov"
oracle_id: "5437f560-7f61-4326-be8e-15d74bf4e6ec"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gloomfang-mauler-mom"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Gloomfang Mauler
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{B}{B}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Creature — Nightmare
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/5
- **Keywords:** Backup, Landcycling, Menace, Typecycling, Cycling, Swampcycling

## Oracle Text
Swampcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Swamp card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
Backup 2 (When this creature enters, put two +1/+1 counters on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.)
Menace

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Barkhide Mauler](/printing/barkhide-mauler-ons.md) — Creature — Beast
2. [Dread Presence](/printing/dread-presence-m20.md) — Creature — Nightmare
3. [Grisly Survivor](/printing/grisly-survivor-hou.md) — Creature — Minotaur Warrior
4. [Street Wraith](/printing/street-wraith-dmr.md) — Creature — Wraith
5. [Bebop, Warthog Warrior](/printing/bebop-warthog-warrior-tmt.md) — Legendary Creature — Boar Mutant Warrior
6. [Horror of the Broken Lands](/printing/horror-of-the-broken-lands-akh.md) — Creature — Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** March of the Machine (MOM) #108
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Denis Zhbankov
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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