Surgical Extraction
Secret Lair Drop 2022 • rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Collector number
- 2022
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- B/P symbol
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Mark Bagley
- Market price
- $2.30
What it does
(B/P symbol can be paid with either black mana or 2 life.)
Choose target card in a graveyard other than a basic land card. Search its owner's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with the same name as that card and exile them. Then that player shuffles.
"AAAHHGH!"
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Surgical Extraction was originally introduced in the 2011 New Phyrexia set for Magic: The Gathering, designed as a powerful tool to disrupt graveyard-reliant strategies by allowing players to search an opponent's library and remove all copies of a specific card. The Secret Lair Drop version, released as part of a curated series of specialized reprints, reimagines the card with distinct, stylistic artwork that diverges from the standard mechanical aesthetic of the original Phyrexian printing.
This specific iteration was illustrated by the artist Alayna Danner, whose work on this piece emphasizes a haunting, ethereal quality that contrasts with the clinical, surgical theme of the card's effect. Upon its release within the Secret Lair platform, the card was received primarily by collectors and competitive players who valued its unique visual flair and the high utility of the spell, marking it as a sought-after collectible that merges functional card-game mechanics with high-concept illustrative artistry.
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