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Surgical Extraction 
Surgical Extraction appeared in 1,947 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: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (16)
Lands (20)
- 2 Arid Mesa$29.61 3.61 tix
- 1 Barbarian Ring$0.25 0.06 tix
- 1 Barbarian Ring$0.25 0.06 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.35 tix
- 4 Inspiring Vantage$1.38 0.06 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 3 Sacred Foundry$9.91 0.17 tix
- 4 Sunbaked Canyon$3.54 1.91 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (6)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (7)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (6)
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
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 2 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: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (13)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (21)
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.70 0.02 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$11.09 1.95 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.81 4.12 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.09 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.60 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 13.07 tix
- 3 Windswept Heath$10.13 0.86 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (22)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
16.29 tix - 1 Blue Elemental Blast$1.29 16.29 tix
- 1 Consign to Memory
$3.44
31.43 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix - 1 Cursed Totem
$1.29
0.13 tix - 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 2 Minor Misstep
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix - 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 Wrath of the Skies
$1.73
5.04 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (7)
Lands (21)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.06 0.02 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$7.92 4.97 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.12 0.83 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.33 0.02 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
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.13 0.86 tix
- 4 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
- 1 Zagoth Triome$24.97 0.06 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (9)
Lands (23)
- 3 Arena of Glory$7.26 0.67 tix
- 4 Arid Mesa$29.61 3.61 tix
- 2 Elegant Parlor$7.92 4.97 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 4 Marsh Flats$31.12 0.83 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.91 0.17 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.91 0.17 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.91 0.17 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (7)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (6)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Instants (6)
Enchantments (9)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.16 tix
- 3 Molten Rain
$0.31
0.04 tix - 2 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.59
2.12 tix - 1 Orim's Chant
$5.37
0.30 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
- 1 Showdown of the Skalds
$0.31
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
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Instants (9)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Instants (6)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.16 tix
- 3 Molten Rain
$0.31
0.04 tix
- 2 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.59
2.12 tix
- 1 Orim's Chant
$5.37
0.30 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
- 1 Showdown of the Skalds
$0.31
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
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (15)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Balustrade Spy
$0.07
0.03 tix
- 3 Break the Ice
$0.26
0.05 tix
- 2 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
$22.61
0.02 tix - 3 Orim's Chant
$5.37
0.30 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 The Meathook Massacre
$25.49
2.90 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.31
0.06 tix
- 2 Vindicate
$0.42
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
- 4 Overlord of the Balemurk$20.12 7.27 tix
- 2 Emperor of Bones
$1.52
0.63 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
- 2 Pinnacle Monk
$1.24
0.04 tix
- 2 Witch Enchanter
$2.95
0.72 tix
- 4 Solitude
$34.04
5.00 tix
- 3 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$42.56
7.20 tix
Sorceries (2)
Instants (8)
Lands (18)
- 2 Arid Mesa$29.61 3.61 tix
- 2 Arid Mesa$29.61 3.61 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$8.83 0.02 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$7.92 4.97 tix
- 2 Godless Shrine$8.86 0.03 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.12 0.83 tix
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.12 0.83 tix
- 2 Sacred Foundry$9.91 0.17 tix
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet$9.65 1.29 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
