otp
2x2
sld
mm2
nph
pnph
prm
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
can be paid with either 
or 2 life.)
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: 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
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 2 Barrowgoyf
$12.92
24.41 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.44
31.43 tix - 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
$2.78
0.48 tix
- 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
$2.78
0.48 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.75
0.90 tix
- 2 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.03
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
Final: 8 | 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: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (21)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
16.29 tix
- 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
$1.88
0.39 tix
- 2 Dismember
$3.09
3.85 tix
- 2 Faerie Macabre
$3.92
0.01 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: 1 | Swiss: 2
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: 4 | 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: 8 | 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
- 4 Solitude
$34.04
5.00 tix
- 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
$1.87
0.06 tix
Sorceries (3)
Instants (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Aven Interrupter
$3.30
0.06 tix
- 1 Blood Baron of Vizkopa
$0.41
0.02 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
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 3 White Orchid Phantom
$0.26
0.12 tix
- 2 Wrath of the Skies
$1.73
5.04 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (21)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
- 3 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 2 City of Traitors$46.79 18.66 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.72 6.85 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.31 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix - 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.10
1.94 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.44
31.43 tix
- 2 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 2 Faerie Macabre
$3.92
0.01 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.68 tix
- 2 Magus of the Moon
$4.07
1.17 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Sulfur Elemental
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (6)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (22)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.87 0.01 tix
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.06 0.02 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$51.61 0.53 tix
- 4 Eldrazi Temple$2.81 0.80 tix
- 3 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$11.09 1.95 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Sanctum of Ugin$2.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Shifting Woodland$4.25 0.05 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.68 0.02 tix
- 4 Ugin's Labyrinth$12.18 11.50 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
- 1 Cityscape Leveler
$6.08
2.12 tix - 1 Disruptor Flute
$1.36
3.20 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.99
4.65 tix
- 2 Haywire Mite
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 2 Kozilek's Return
$0.32
0.46 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 The Stone Brain
$0.46
1.27 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix - 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.32 tix
- 1 Vexing Bauble
$2.11
6.12 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.01
1.38 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (32)
- 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
- 1 Aven Interrupter
$3.30
0.06 tix
- 3 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
$0.26
0.10 tix
- 1 Boggart Trawler
$0.89
0.43 tix
- 2 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.18 tix
- 4 Overlord of the Balemurk
$20.12
7.27 tix
- 4 Witch Enchanter
$2.95
0.72 tix
- 4 Solitude
$34.04
5.00 tix
- 1 White Orchid Phantom
$0.26
0.12 tix
- 1 White Orchid Phantom
$0.26
0.12 tix
- 2 White Orchid Phantom
$0.26
0.12 tix
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (23)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (18)
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.35 tix
- 1 Darkslick Shores$1.71 0.02 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$9.73 7.26 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$9.73 7.26 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.28 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 4 Consign to Memory
$3.44
31.43 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
$10.43
0.96 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.03
0.03 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.28
0.35 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.09
8.00 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.49
0.04 tix
- 1 Consign to Memory
$3.44
31.43 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
- 1 Murktide Regent
$7.52
7.55 tix
- 1 Price of Progress
$4.62
2.16 tix
- 1 Price of Progress
$4.62
2.16 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.70 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.35
0.35 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (15)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.52
5.74 tix - 2 Consign to Memory
$3.44
31.43 tix
- 1 Cursed Totem
$1.29
0.13 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Eureka
$458.42
0.08 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
- 1 Shared Summons
$1.05
0.02 tix
- 1 Sublime Epiphany
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
