---
name: "Cranial Extraction"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery — Arcane"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "CHK"
set_name: "Champions of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "105"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Dave Allsop"
oracle_id: "33528049-6ef7-4ace-89e1-b83993492193"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cranial-extraction-chk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Cranial Extraction
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery — Arcane

## Oracle Text
Choose a nonland card name. Search target player's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with that name and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Memoricide](/printing/memoricide-prm.md) — Sorcery
2. [Infinite Obliteration](/printing/infinite-obliteration-ori.md) — Sorcery
3. [Extract](/printing/extract-ody.md) — Sorcery
4. [Ancient Vendetta](/printing/ancient-vendetta-dft.md) — Sorcery
5. [Slaughter Games](/printing/slaughter-games-ea1.md) — Sorcery
6. [Unmoored Ego](/printing/unmoored-ego-pgrn.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Champions of Kamigawa (CHK) #105
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Dave Allsop
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`