Surgical Extraction
New Phyrexia 74 • rare
- Set
- New Phyrexia
- Collector number
- 74
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- B/P symbol
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Steven Belledin
- Market price
- $4.11
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 released in the 2011 set New Phyrexia, a pivotal expansion in the Magic: The Gathering multiverse that depicted the final triumph of the biomechanical Phyrexians over the plane of Mirrodin. Designed as a utility spell within the set’s mechanics, the card introduced a unique way for players to interact with an opponent's deck by removing specific threats from all zones. Its inclusion was central to the set's overarching theme of invasive, transformative horror, reflecting the faction's goal of completing all life through unnatural augmentation.
The artwork, illustrated by Steven Belledin, depicts the clinical and gruesome process of the Phyrexians repurposing biological material. Belledin’s visceral interpretation was intended to evoke a sense of inevitable, surgical precision that mirrored the Phyrexian philosophy of efficiency. Upon its release, the card was widely received as a powerful competitive tool, quickly becoming a staple in multiple formats for its ability to dismantle complex synergies and provide an answer to graveyard-based strategies.
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