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◇ Catalog #74★

Surgical Extraction

pnph·#74★·rare·foil

Illus. Greg Staples

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

May '11

15 yr ago

Value

$10.10+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $10 · low $9.52

NM$10.1

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$9.33–$11modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $10low $4.00range 157.3%n 56

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #13,640 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$10

Gameplay

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.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 6

2011-06-01wotc

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.

2011-06-01wotc

"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.

2011-06-01wotc

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

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $10.10. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $4.00 and $10.29 across 56 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PNPH — the lineup includes Foil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #74★ of *New Phyrexia Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the May 2011 New Phyrexia release.

Card type: Instant, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {B/P} (1 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #13,640 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Greg Staples. Rarix catalogs 1,289 other cards credited to this artist.