Invasive Surgery
Shadows over Innistrad 68 • uncommon
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Collector number
- 68
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Steven Belledin
- Market price
- $0.20
What it does
Counter target sorcery spell.
Delirium — If there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, search the graveyard, hand, and library of that spell's controller for any number of cards with the same name as that spell, exile those cards, then that player shuffles.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Invasive Surgery was released in 2016 as part of the Shadows over Innistrad expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set returned players to the gothic horror-themed plane of Innistrad, focusing on themes of madness, transformation, and cosmic corruption. The card was designed as a blue counterspell specifically tailored to deal with sorcery-speed spells, reflecting the set's mechanical emphasis on manipulating and reacting to the grave and the mind.
The artwork was created by illustrator Deruchenko Alexander, who leaned into the visceral, unsettling aesthetic of the Innistrad setting. The piece depicts a gruesome surgical procedure performed under the ominous influence of the plane's darkening celestial events. Upon release, the card was noted by players for its niche utility and its evocative, if morbid, contribution to the set's broader narrative of medical and psychological horror.
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