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Surgical Extraction 
Surgical Extraction appeared in 1,951 MTGO Challenge Top-8 decks over the past 12 months, averaging 1.4 copies per deck. Its current TCGplayer price is $1.33.
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 | 94 | 1.3 | 1394 | 1.4 |
| Legacy | 62 | 1.5 | 542 | 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: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Instants (5)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix - 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix - 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Price of Progress
$4.56
2.20 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (15)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (22)
- 3 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 4 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Undercity Sewers$8.85 7.49 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (6)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
- 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah— —
- 2 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah— —
- 2 Guide of Souls$2.67 1.63 tix
- 1 Ocelot Pride$40.17 11.51 tix
- 1 Ocelot Pride$40.17 11.51 tix
- 2 Ocelot Pride$40.17 11.51 tix
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury$2.63 0.20 tix
- 2 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury$2.63 0.20 tix
- 1 Witch Enchanter— —
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.51
4.39 tix
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
$2.63
0.20 tix - 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
$8.30
9.33 tix
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
$4.76
0.51 tix
- 3 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$42.49
7.97 tix
- 2 Guide of Souls
$2.67
1.63 tix
Instants (8)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 2 Drannith Magistrate
$10.08
0.36 tix
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
$10.08
0.36 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.71
3.11 tix - 3 Orim's Chant
$5.08
0.23 tix
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.51
4.39 tix
- 1 Static Prison$0.25 0.10 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Thraben Charm$0.31 0.03 tix
- 2 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
- 2 Wrath of the Skies
$1.95
5.07 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (6)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (8)
Lands (22)
- 2 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.17 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Indatha Triome$18.13 6.66 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.37 0.02 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
- 4 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (6)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
- 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah— —
- 2 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah— —
- 2 Guide of Souls$2.67 1.63 tix
- 1 Ocelot Pride$40.17 11.51 tix
- 2 Ocelot Pride$40.17 11.51 tix
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury$2.63 0.20 tix
- 2 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury$2.63 0.20 tix
- 1 Witch Enchanter— —
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.51
4.39 tix
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
$2.63
0.20 tix
- 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
$8.30
9.33 tix
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
$4.76
0.51 tix
- 3 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$42.49
7.97 tix
- 2 Guide of Souls
$2.67
1.63 tix
- 1 Ocelot Pride
$40.17
11.51 tix
Instants (8)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 2 Drannith Magistrate
$10.08
0.36 tix
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
$10.08
0.36 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.71
3.11 tix
- 3 Orim's Chant
$5.08
0.23 tix
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.51
4.39 tix
- 1 Static Prison$0.25 0.10 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Thraben Charm$0.31 0.03 tix
- 2 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
- 2 Wrath of the Skies
$1.95
5.07 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (8)
Lands (22)
- 2 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.17 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Indatha Triome$18.13 6.66 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.37 0.02 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
- 4 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (6)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (15)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (22)
- 3 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 4 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Undercity Sewers$8.85 7.49 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Instants (6)
Lands (23)
- 2 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 2 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Instants (6)
Lands (23)
- 2 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 2 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Instants (6)
Lands (23)
- 2 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 2 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (7)
Lands (23)
- 2 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 2 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 3 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
