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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: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (18)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Barrowgoyf
$12.92
24.41 tix - 2 Barrowgoyf
$12.92
24.41 tix
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
16.29 tix - 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.49
0.04 tix - 1 Consign to Memory
$3.44
31.43 tix
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Essence Flux
$1.07
0.03 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
$79.45
6.46 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (15)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.35 tix
- 2 Darkslick Shores$1.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.12 0.83 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 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
- 4 Consign to Memory
$3.44
31.43 tix
- 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
$2.78
0.48 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix - 2 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.41
1.28 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.33
0.67 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.28
0.35 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
- 2 Emperor of Bones
$1.52
0.63 tix
- 3 Fallaji Archaeologist
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 2 Ketramose, the New Dawn
$4.17
0.68 tix - 1 Ulamog, the Defiler
$15.71
0.06 tix - 4 Atraxa, Grand Unifier
$15.66
10.77 tix - 3 Solitude
$34.04
5.00 tix
- 1 Griselbrand
$6.63
1.29 tix - 2 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
$15.12
15.02 tix
- 4 Psychic Frog
$4.70
5.10 tix
Sorceries (4)
Instants (14)
Lands (20)
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Godless Shrine$8.86 0.03 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.87 0.06 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$11.09 1.95 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.12 0.83 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.81 4.12 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet$9.65 1.29 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$9.73 7.26 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.28 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.44
31.43 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 Pest Control
$6.44
2.26 tix
- 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.31
0.06 tix
- 2 White Orchid Phantom
$0.26
0.12 tix
- 1 Wrath of the Skies
$1.73
5.04 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (15)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (20)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.06 0.02 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$11.09 1.95 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.39 2.02 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 2 Shifting Woodland$4.25 0.05 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.68 0.02 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.72 6.85 tix
- 2 Urza's Saga$36.02 13.39 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$49.11 9.33 tix
- 4 Consign to Memory
$3.44
31.43 tix
- 2 Flame of Anor
$4.68
0.07 tix - 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Nature's Claim
$0.38
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.36
0.24 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix - 1 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (15)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
- 3 Emperor of Bones
$1.52
0.63 tix
- 3 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
- 2 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
- 2 Solitude
$34.04
5.00 tix
- 2 Solitude
$34.04
5.00 tix
- 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
$1.87
0.06 tix
Sorceries (4)
Instants (7)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Aven Interrupter
$3.30
0.06 tix
- 2 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
$22.61
0.02 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.64
3.13 tix - 1 Orim's Chant
$5.37
0.30 tix
- 2 Shatter Assumptions
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 4 Wrath of the Skies
$1.73
5.04 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (8)
Lands (24)
- 4 Eldrazi Temple$2.81 0.80 tix
- 4 Ifnir Deadlands$0.25 0.03 tix
- 4 Prismatic Vista$25.85 2.98 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.11 0.02 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$36.02 13.39 tix
- 1 Wastes$0.72 0.03 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.06
0.03 tix - 2 Break the Ice
$0.26
0.05 tix
- 3 Damping Sphere
$1.06
1.44 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.09
3.85 tix
- 1 Dreams of Steel and Oil
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Shoot the Sheriff
$0.43
0.53 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 Toxic Deluge
$3.31
0.06 tix
- 1 Wasteland Strangler
$0.20
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.39 2.02 tix
- 1 Riverpyre Verge$20.57 0.74 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
- 2 Thundering Falls$14.72 6.85 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (8)
Lands (22)
- 2 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: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.35 tix
- 2 Darkslick Shores$1.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.12 0.83 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 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
- 4 Consign to Memory
$3.44
31.43 tix
- 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
$2.78
0.48 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 2 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.41
1.28 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.33
0.67 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.28
0.35 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.35 tix
- 2 Darkslick Shores$1.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.12 0.83 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 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
- 4 Consign to Memory
$3.44
31.43 tix
- 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
$2.78
0.48 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 2 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.41
1.28 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.33
0.67 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.28
0.35 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
