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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: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 4 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (6)
Lands (23)
- 2 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 4 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 3 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (6)
Lands (22)
- 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
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 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 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (15)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (7)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
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 (30)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (13)
Lands (23)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 1 Mystic Gate$3.17 0.02 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.36 0.14 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 1 Zagoth Triome$24.72 0.03 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (8)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix - 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix - 2 Molten Rain
$0.30
0.05 tix
- 1 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix - 2 Orim's Chant
$5.08
0.23 tix - 1 Showdown of the Skalds
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 3 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
- 1 Wrath of the Skies
$1.95
5.07 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (21)
Lands (28)
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.37 0.01 tix
- 1 Spara's Headquarters$13.76 0.26 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.31 0.09 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.90 tix - 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix - 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum$3.76 0.84 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (6)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (6)
Enchantments (10)
Lands (23)
- 2 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 3 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 3 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
