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Surgical Extraction

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9 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Surgical Extraction, Secret Lair Drop printing
Secret Lair Drop SLD · No. 2003 2025-09-22

Card text

{B/P}
Instant
({B/P} can be paid with either {B} 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.
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EDHREC rank #13742 Rare Not on the Reserved List
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The 9 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

6 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

As you cast a spell or activate an activated ability with one or more Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, you choose how to pay for each Phyrexian mana symbol at the same time you would choose modes or choose a value for X.

2011-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast

"Any number of cards" means just that. If you wish, you can choose to leave some or all of the cards with the same name as the targeted card, including that card, in the zone they're in.

2011-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast

To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.

2011-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast

Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.

2011-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast

If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.

2011-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast

A card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its mana cost is each color that appears in that mana cost, regardless of how that cost may have been paid.

2011-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Surgical Extraction, Double Masters 2022 printing
Double Masters 2022
2X2 · #356
Rare
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Face to Face Games · Condition LP
Surgical Extraction, Double Masters 2022 printing
Double Masters 2022
2X2 · #444
Rare
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Coin du Jeu · Condition DMG · Foil Etched
Surgical Extraction, New Phyrexia Promos printing
New Phyrexia Promos
PNPH · #74★
Rare
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Multizone · Condition HP · Foil