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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: 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: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$8.85 7.49 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (21)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 1 Castle Ardenvale$0.29 0.02 tix
- 1 Castle Vantress$0.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Flooded Grove$0.27 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants$0.45 0.02 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Mystic Gate$3.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.37 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Instants (27)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (8)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (26)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 4 Cloudpost$0.29 0.04 tix
- 1 Echoing Deeps$0.76 0.02 tix
- 1 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.16 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Glacial Chasm$23.56 11.94 tix
- 2 Glimmerpost$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 4 Planar Nexus$3.19 7.99 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 4 Urza's Tower$0.62 0.03 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.87 0.03 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 2 Barrowgoyf
$13.27
25.06 tix - 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix - 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 3 Dauthi Voidwalker
$3.04
0.48 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.74 tix - 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Opposition Agent
$19.41
6.79 tix
- 2 Price of Progress
$4.56
2.20 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
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
- 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: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (8)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (22)
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Overgrown Tomb$9.30 0.02 tix
- 4 Phyrexian Tower$24.99 0.68 tix
- 1 Shifting Woodland$4.37 0.03 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Underground Mortuary$12.67 1.48 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix - 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 3 Endurance
$3.97
4.00 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 3 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 1 Fulminator Mage
$1.14
0.02 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Tireless Tracker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Vexing Bauble
$2.15
5.72 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (8)
Lands (35)
- 1 Blast Zone$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 1 Commercial District$6.88 1.18 tix
- 3 Dark Depths$1.70 0.22 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Grove of the Burnwillows$5.85 0.77 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 3 Maze of Ith$9.58 3.13 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 1 Taiga$215.00 3.61 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.87 0.03 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (8)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (26)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 4 Cloudpost$0.29 0.04 tix
- 1 Echoing Deeps$0.76 0.02 tix
- 1 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.16 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Glacial Chasm$23.56 11.94 tix
- 2 Glimmerpost$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 4 Planar Nexus$3.19 7.99 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 4 Urza's Tower$0.62 0.03 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.87 0.03 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (31)
- 3 Emperor of Bones
$1.70
0.59 tix
- 4 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
$4.76
0.51 tix - 1 Aven Interrupter
$3.51
0.06 tix
- 3 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Boggart Trawler
$0.86
0.37 tix
- 4 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.22 tix
- 4 Overlord of the Balemurk
$20.12
7.28 tix - 4 Witch Enchanter
$3.30
0.85 tix
- 4 Solitude
$33.72
5.00 tix
- 2 White Orchid Phantom
$0.27
0.08 tix
Instants (8)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Aven Interrupter
$3.51
0.06 tix
- 1 Deafening Silence
$1.07
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.21 tix
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
- 2 White Orchid Phantom
$0.27
0.08 tix
- 3 Wrath of the Skies
$1.95
5.07 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (6)
Enchantments (10)
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: 3 | Swiss: 5