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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 | 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: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
- 3 Arid Mesa$29.61 3.61 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.35 tix
- 2 Elegant Parlor$7.92 4.97 tix
- 1 Gemstone Caverns$52.24 0.90 tix
- 2 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.91 0.17 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Sunbaked Canyon$3.54 1.91 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.10
1.94 tix - 1 Empty the Warrens
$0.14
0.02 tix - 1 Grapeshot
$0.31
0.01 tix
- 4 Orim's Chant$5.37 0.30 tix
- 1 Past in Flames
$2.19
4.38 tix
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury$2.60 0.21 tix
- 4 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Underworld Breach
$7.72
0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
Sideboard
- 4 Consign to Memory
$3.44
31.43 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.64
3.13 tix - 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 3 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.41
1.28 tix
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
$2.44
10.17 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.28
0.35 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Tezzeret the Seeker
$24.17
0.02 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (22)
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 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 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 4 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$9.73 7.26 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.28 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Baleful Mastery
$2.44
0.02 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.44
31.43 tix
- 1 Consign to Memory$3.44 31.43 tix
- 2 Crypt Incursion
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Damnation
$15.52
0.06 tix
- 1 Damnation
$15.52
0.06 tix
- 2 Extirpate
$1.31
0.03 tix
- 2 Long Goodbye
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Tasha's Hideous Laughter
$3.99
0.35 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (7)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (28)
- 1 Commandeer$2.50 0.14 tix
- 4 Sink into Stupor— —
- 1 Pact of Negation
$18.16
0.31 tix - 2 Beyeen Veil
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 3 Jwari Disruption
$0.38
0.04 tix
- 3 Flare of Denial
$3.19
0.31 tix
- 1 Flare of Denial
$3.19
0.31 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 2 Waterlogged Teachings
$0.44
0.03 tix - 2 Spell Snare
$0.36
0.24 tix
- 4 Disrupting Shoal
$11.57
0.57 tix
- 4 Whir of Invention
$5.06
0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.44
31.43 tix
- 3 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.41
1.28 tix
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
$2.44
10.17 tix
- 2 Into the Flood Maw$2.44 10.17 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Portable Hole
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
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
- 4 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
- 1 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
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 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.22
0.77 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 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: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (19)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Dismember
$3.09
3.85 tix
- 2 Faerie Macabre
$3.92
0.01 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.68 tix
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
$2.44
10.17 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 The One Ring
$90.29
1.09 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (15)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
16.29 tix
- 2 Dismember
$3.09
3.85 tix
- 2 Disruptor Flute$1.36 3.20 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.92
0.01 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.68 tix
- 2 Into the Flood Maw
$2.44
10.17 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (14)
Lands (19)
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.35 tix
- 2 Darkslick Shores$1.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 2 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 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.28
0.35 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.31
0.06 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (6)
Lands (23)
- 2 Arena of Glory$7.26 0.67 tix
- 4 Arid Mesa$29.61 3.61 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$7.92 4.97 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.87 0.06 tix
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.12 0.83 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.81 4.12 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 3 Sacred Foundry$9.91 0.17 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.98 0.18 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Burrenton Forge-Tender
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 4 Consign to Memory
$3.44
31.43 tix
- 1 Molten Rain
$0.31
0.04 tix
- 2 Orim's Chant
$5.37
0.30 tix
- 1 Showdown of the Skalds
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.30
4.72 tix
- 1 Wrath of the Skies
$1.73
5.04 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (11)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
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: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
- 2 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.57
4.45 tix
- 4 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
$2.60
0.21 tix
- 4 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
$7.81
9.54 tix
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
$4.61
0.47 tix
- 4 Ranger-Captain of Eos
$37.38
6.06 tix
- 4 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$42.56
7.20 tix
- 4 Guide of Souls
$2.69
1.84 tix
- 4 Ocelot Pride
$39.21
11.66 tix
Instants (6)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (20)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.12 0.83 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 4 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
- 2 Barrowgoyf
$12.92
24.41 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.49
0.04 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.44
31.43 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 Go for the Throat
$0.34
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.41
1.28 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.68 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 5
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: 1 | Swiss: 4
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
- 4 Solitude
$34.04
5.00 tix
- 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
$1.87
0.06 tix
Sorceries (4)
Instants (8)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 3 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
- 3 Wrath of the Skies
$1.73
5.04 tix
