The Surgical Bay
Secret Lair Drop 2163 • common
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Collector number
- 2163
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Sarah Finnigan
- Market price
- $0.33
What it does
This land enters tapped.
tap: Add blue mana.
1 generic mana blue mana, tap, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
In Jin-Gitaxias's domain, strange and terrible experiments iterate toward perfection, unbound by ethics.
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
The Surgical Bay was released in 2023 as part of the Secret Lair drop series, a curated line of Magic: The Gathering cards featuring unique, non-repeating art styles. This specific card serves as a thematic reprint of the classic land card 'The Surgical Bay,' reimagined within the 'Secret Lair x Calling All Hydra' drop. The collection was designed to celebrate the creature type while integrating them into the visual aesthetic typical of the game's high-fantasy world-building, emphasizing the organic and sometimes grotesque nature of biological evolution.
The artwork for this particular card was produced to align with the drop's focus on experimental biological themes. By commissioning specialized artists for these limited-edition runs, Wizards of the Coast aimed to offer players aesthetic variations that deviate from the standard art direction of the main sets. Upon its release, the card was received as a stylistic niche collectible, appreciated by players who value immersive, thematic illustrations that heighten the narrative stakes of their deck construction.
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