Surgical Skullbomb
The List ONE-243 • common
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- ONE-243
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Gaboleps
- Market price
- $0.11
What it does
1 generic mana, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
2 generic mana blue mana, Sacrifice this artifact: Return target creature to its owner's hand. Draw a card. Activate only as a sorcery.
It crackles with the intellect of a twisted genius.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Surgical Skullbomb originated within the Magic: The Gathering trading card game as part of a curated selection known as The List, which features reprints of cards from across the game's expansive history. This specific card debuted in the Scars of Mirrodin expansion in 2010, reflecting the set's overarching theme of the plane of Mirrodin being overtaken by the infectious Phyrexian metal corruption. The design serves as a representation of the set's central conflict between biological life and synthetic transformation.
The card was illustrated by Anthony Francisco, a concept artist noted for his contributions to both the game's aesthetic and high-profile cinematic creature design. Francisco aimed to capture the grotesque, utilitarian horror inherent to the Phyrexian aesthetic, utilizing sharp, clinical lines and a monochromatic palette to convey the weaponized nature of the artifact. Upon its release, it was regarded as a quintessential piece of the block's world-building, effectively communicating the setting's grim technological evolution to players.
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