| Name | Emergency Surgery  |
|---|---|
| Type | Spell |
| Description | Choose an enemy minion. Summon three 3/1 Undead with Lifesteal that attack it. |
| Flavor | uh, actually I just remembered that I forgot to fast... |
| Artist | Leroy Steinmann |
| Set | Escape from Violet Hold #126911 |
| Wallpaper |  download |
| Image |  download |
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Emergency Surgery, Spell, designed by Leroy Steinmann first released in Jun, 2026 in the set Escape from Violet Hold.
**Emergency Surgery** (5-mana Death Knight spell) fits best in aggressive or midrange Undead Death Knight decks—especially Unholy builds—that benefit from board-based removal while pushing damage and leveraging Lifesteal for survivability. The card functions as conditional removal plus potential healing, which can swing tempo against mid-sized threats, but it’s somewhat unreliable versus very large minions (since the 3/1s may not fully clear) and weak into tokens or Deathrattle effects. In most competitive metas, it’s generally outclassed by more efficient and consistent removal like **Asphyxiate** (cheap hard removal), **Obliterate** (premium single-target removal with Lifesteal), or **The Scourge** (stronger late-game value swing), depending on rune setup. Because Death Knight already has strong removal tools, Emergency Surgery is usually too slow and situational to justify inclusion in optimized lists, though it could be playable in niche, board-centric Unholy decks that want both r
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