---
name: "Phantasmal Extraction"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "YLCI"
set_name: "Alchemy: Ixalan"
collector_number: "13"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "David Szabo"
oracle_id: "5f42d609-1d6b-4fd1-aef9-68cae106eab0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/phantasmal-extraction-ylci"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Phantasmal Extraction
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
If you weren't the starting player, this spell costs {1} less to cast.
Target opponent reveals each nonland card in their hand with mana value 4 or less. Choose a card revealed this way or a card in their graveyard. Exile that card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mind Extraction](/printing/mind-extraction-apc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Specter's Shriek](/printing/specters-shriek-eld.md) — Sorcery
3. [Unmask](/printing/unmask-mmq.md) — Sorcery
4. [Extract Brain](/printing/extract-brain-afc.md) — Sorcery
5. [Appetite for Brains](/printing/appetite-for-brains-avr.md) — Sorcery
6. [Psychic Theft](/printing/psychic-theft-pcy.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Ixalan (YLCI) #13
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** David Szabo

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