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Surgical Extraction 
Surgical Extraction appeared in 1,946 MTGO Challenge Top-8 decks over the past 12 months, averaging 1.4 copies per deck. Its current TCGplayer price is $1.31.
Oracle Text
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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.Format Legality
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Surgical Extraction, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modern | 93 | 1.2 | 1393 | 1.4 |
| Legacy | 58 | 1.4 | 538 | 1.5 |
| Vintage | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1.5 |
Details
- Set
- Breaking News
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 1
- Collector #
- 19
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Surgical Extraction
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (19)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
- 2 Arid Mesa$29.61 3.61 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.35 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$7.92 4.97 tix
- 1 Gemstone Caverns$52.24 0.90 tix
- 4 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Raucous Theater$10.05 1.05 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.91 0.17 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Sunbaked Canyon$3.54 1.91 tix
- 3 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
- 2 Emperor of Bones
$1.52
0.63 tix - 2 Orcish Bowmasters
$44.92
7.28 tix
- 4 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
$4.61
0.47 tix - 4 Ketramose, the New Dawn
$4.17
0.68 tix
- 3 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Boggart Trawler
$0.89
0.43 tix - 3 Overlord of the Balemurk
$20.12
7.27 tix - 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
$20.12
7.27 tix
- 3 Witch Enchanter
$2.95
0.72 tix
- 2 Solitude
$34.04
5.00 tix
- 1 Solitude
$34.04
5.00 tix
- 1 Solitude
$34.04
5.00 tix
Sorceries (3)
Instants (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Aven Interrupter
$3.30
0.06 tix
- 1 Break the Spell
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 2 Drannith Magistrate
$10.24
0.39 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.64
3.13 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Vindicate
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 4 White Orchid Phantom
$0.26
0.12 tix
- 2 Wrath of the Skies
$1.73
5.04 tix
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.35 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.12 0.83 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$9.73 7.26 tix
- 4 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 2 Barrowgoyf
$12.92
24.41 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.44
31.43 tix - 2 Dauthi Voidwalker
$2.78
0.48 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 Go for the Throat
$0.34
0.02 tix
- 2 Orcish Bowmasters
$44.92
7.28 tix
- 1 Snuff Out
$5.64
8.29 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (19)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 8.15 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.35 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Raucous Theater$10.05 1.05 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.31 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
16.29 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.44
31.43 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.22
0.77 tix - 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Opposition Agent
$19.34
7.36 tix
- 1 Price of Progress
$4.62
2.16 tix
- 1 Price of Progress
$4.62
2.16 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.70 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Barrowgoyf
$12.92
24.41 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.44
31.43 tix
- 2 Dauthi Voidwalker
$2.78
0.48 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 Go for the Throat
$0.34
0.02 tix
- 2 Orcish Bowmasters
$44.92
7.28 tix
- 1 Snuff Out
$5.64
8.29 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (7)
Lands (21)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.26 0.67 tix
- 4 Arid Mesa$29.61 3.61 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$8.83 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Indatha Triome$18.67 6.89 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.91 0.17 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.39 0.02 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.72 6.85 tix
- 4 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (15)
Lands (22)
- 1 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 2 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.03 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.39 2.02 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Undercity Sewers$9.73 7.26 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.28 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (7)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
- 2 Emperor of Bones
$1.52
0.63 tix
- 2 Orcish Bowmasters
$44.92
7.28 tix
- 4 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
$4.61
0.47 tix
- 4 Ketramose, the New Dawn
$4.17
0.68 tix
- 3 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Boggart Trawler
$0.89
0.43 tix
- 4 Overlord of the Balemurk
$20.12
7.27 tix
- 3 Witch Enchanter
$2.95
0.72 tix
- 4 Solitude
$34.04
5.00 tix
Sorceries (3)
Instants (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Aven Interrupter
$3.30
0.06 tix
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 2 Drannith Magistrate
$10.24
0.39 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.64
3.13 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Vindicate
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.30
4.72 tix
- 4 White Orchid Phantom
$0.26
0.12 tix
- 2 Wrath of the Skies
$1.73
5.04 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (21)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
16.29 tix
- 2 Dismember
$3.09
3.85 tix
- 2 Faerie Macabre
$3.92
0.01 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 4 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.68 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Repeal
$0.07
0.01 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (17)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.52
5.74 tix - 2 Consign to Memory
$3.44
31.43 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.68 tix
- 2 Murktide Regent
$7.52
7.55 tix - 1 Shared Summons
$1.05
0.02 tix
- 1 Sink into Stupor
$5.19
7.85 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
