---
name: "Searchlight Geist"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Spirit"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "AVR"
set_name: "Avacyn Restored"
collector_number: "119"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Steven Belledin"
oracle_id: "f9366a4a-54d0-4c65-920b-d8ddd475db3c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/searchlight-geist-avr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Searchlight Geist
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
{3}{B}: This creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

> *Il prend son envol à la tombée de la nuit et part en quête d'âmes à éteindre.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
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3. [Tidehollow Strix](/printing/tidehollow-strix-c13.md) — Artifact Creature — Bird
4. [Pestilent Kathari](/printing/pestilent-kathari-con.md) — Creature — Bird Warrior
5. [Deathgaze Cockatrice](/printing/deathgaze-cockatrice-m14.md) — Creature — Cockatrice
6. [Midnight Assassin](/printing/midnight-assassin-snc.md) — Creature — Vampire Assassin

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avacyn Restored (AVR) #119
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Steven Belledin
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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