---
name: "Hua Tuo, Honored Physician"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "C13-149"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Gao Jianzhang"
oracle_id: "00284955-0a1b-4939-9567-a7d34cbcee51"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hua-tuo-honored-physician-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Hua Tuo, Honored Physician
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human

## Oracle Text
{T}: Put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sister Hospitaller](/printing/sister-hospitaller-40k.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
2. [Reclaim](/printing/reclaim-ori.md) — Instant
3. [Night Nurse, Healer of Heroes](/printing/night-nurse-healer-of-heroes-msh.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Doctor Hero
4. [Haunted Crossroads](/printing/haunted-crossroads-mmq.md) — Enchantment
5. [Noxious Revival](/printing/noxious-revival-nph.md) — Instant
6. [Hymn of Rebirth](/printing/hymn-of-rebirth-me1.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #C13-149
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Gao Jianzhang
- **Total Printings:** 4 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2013-09-20)* If a turn has multiple combat phases, the ability can only be activated before the beginning of the declare attackers step of the first combat phase in that turn.