Surgical Extraction
Modern Masters 2015 99 • rare
- Set
- Modern Masters 2015
- Collector number
- 99
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- B/P symbol
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Steven Belledin
- Market price
- $2.81
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.
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 New Phyrexia set in 2011, designed as a powerful tool to disrupt graveyard-based strategies and combo decks by allowing a player to search an opponent's library for copies of a card and exile them. The Modern Masters 2015 version, featuring the card numbered 99, was part of a limited-run reprint set intended to provide players access to influential staples from the Modern format, specifically those that had seen significant competitive play and price spikes in the secondary market.
The artwork for this iteration maintains the visceral, body-horror aesthetic synonymous with the Phyrexians, a recurring faction in Magic: The Gathering lore. Illustrated by Steve Argyle, the imagery emphasizes the cold, mechanical cruelty of the Phyrexian aesthetic, capturing the surgical and invasive nature of the spell’s effect. Upon its inclusion in Modern Masters 2015, the card was well-received by competitive players as a necessary reprint to keep the card accessible for tournament sideboards, solidifying its role as a permanent fixture in the Modern landscape.
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