Gloom Surgeon
Creature — Spirit
AVRAvacyn Restored#104rare
Foil
He roams the streets of Havengul seeking the sick and delirious so that he may cure them of their lives.
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 1793
- Illustrator
- Volkan Baǵa
- Found in
- Avacyn Restored Event Deck Deaths Encroach · Avacyn Restored MTGO Redemption · 3 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
If combat damage would be dealt to this creature, prevent that damage and exile that many cards from the top of your library.
2/1Market · per finishspark updated 8h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-8.3%
$0.11
$0.05 low$0.02 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.42
$0.12 low$0.04 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.11as of 2026-07-12
-8.3%
H $0.17L $0.07since Feb 2024$0.05
$0.03
$0.02+40% · normal spread
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Foil
$0.42as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $0.62L $0.22since Feb 2024$0.12
$0.08
$0.04+33% · normal spread
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Cheapest playable copy$0.11· across 1 printing
Rulings
2 · latest May 1, 2012 · one tap opens all
- WotCMay 1, 2012
Combat damage that would be dealt to Gloom Surgeon will be prevented even if you can’t exile that many cards from the top of your library.
- WotCMay 1, 2012
If damage that can’t be prevented (such as the damage Malignus deals) is dealt to Gloom Surgeon, you’ll still exile cards from your library.