---
name: "Subterranean Spirit"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Elemental Spirit"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Protection"]
set: "MIR"
set_name: "Mirage"
collector_number: "195"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "John Bolton"
oracle_id: "58917163-584d-4c74-8243-f56c5d4b49e7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/subterranean-spirit-mir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Subterranean Spirit
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Elemental Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Protection

## Oracle Text
Protection from red
{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to each creature without flying.

> *"Air hot with sulfur. / Earth heaves beneath me. / Could it be the mountain / ate something bad?"
—Dwarven mining song*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ashen Firebeast](/printing/ashen-firebeast-ody.md) — Creature — Elemental Beast
2. [Greater Stone Spirit](/printing/greater-stone-spirit-ddi.md) — Creature — Elemental Spirit
3. [Stone Spirit](/printing/stone-spirit-5ed.md) — Creature — Elemental Spirit
4. [Seismic Elemental](/printing/seismic-elemental-gnt.md) — Creature — Elemental
5. [Bloodfire Dwarf](/printing/bloodfire-dwarf-apc.md) — Creature — Dwarf
6. [Earthshaker](/printing/earthshaker-chk.md) — Creature — Spirit

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirage (MIR) #195
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** John Bolton
- **Total Printings:** 7 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`