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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: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (19)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 8.20 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Raucous Theater$10.13 0.87 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$8.85 7.49 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix - 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix - 1 Damnation
$15.33
0.09 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 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 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Barrowgoyf
$13.27
25.06 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix - 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 1 Harvester of Misery
$2.74
0.07 tix - 1 Shoot the Sheriff
$0.48
0.53 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
Lands (17)
- 1 Darkslick Shores$1.87 0.02 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 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: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (7)
Enchantments (9)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (17)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix - 3 Eternal Witness
$0.70
0.03 tix
- 1 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
$2.49
0.56 tix
- 1 Knight of Autumn
$0.41
0.02 tix - 2 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
$4.76
0.51 tix
- 4 Spellseeker
$16.13
12.28 tix
- 4 Solitude
$33.72
5.00 tix
- 4 Noble Hierarch
$10.35
0.20 tix
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
$1.75
0.50 tix
- 2 Ice-Fang Coatl
$0.62
0.10 tix
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.36 tix
Sorceries (5)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (27)
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Lush Portico$4.52 0.46 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.37 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (6)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
- 2 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
$2.63
0.20 tix
- 2 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
$2.63
0.20 tix
- 4 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
$8.30
9.33 tix
- 2 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
$4.76
0.51 tix
- 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$42.49
7.97 tix
- 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$42.49
7.97 tix
- 4 Guide of Souls
$2.67
1.63 tix
- 4 Ocelot Pride
$40.17
11.51 tix
Instants (8)
Lands (22)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 3 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah— —
- 4 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.51
4.39 tix
- 3 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
$2.63
0.20 tix
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
$2.63
0.20 tix
- 3 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
$8.30
9.33 tix
- 2 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
$4.76
0.51 tix
- 3 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$42.49
7.97 tix
- 4 Guide of Souls
$2.67
1.63 tix
- 4 Ocelot Pride
$40.17
11.51 tix
Instants (6)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (6)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (22)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 4 Eldrazi Temple$2.81 0.80 tix
- 3 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Sanctum of Ugin$2.60 0.02 tix
- 1 Shifting Woodland$4.37 0.03 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.90 0.02 tix
- 4 Ugin's Labyrinth$12.14 11.31 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 1 Cityscape Leveler
$5.83
2.04 tix - 1 Disruptor Flute
$1.60
2.93 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 2 Haywire Mite
$0.40
0.04 tix
- 2 Kozilek's Return
$0.33
0.45 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 The Stone Brain
$0.46
1.22 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix - 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.62 tix
- 1 Vexing Bauble
$2.15
5.72 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.43
1.16 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (22)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 4 Eldrazi Temple$2.81 0.80 tix
- 3 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 1 Sanctum of Ugin$2.60 0.02 tix
- 1 Shifting Woodland$4.37 0.03 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.90 0.02 tix
- 4 Ugin's Labyrinth$12.14 11.31 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 3 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (6)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Maddening Hex
$1.96
0.37 tix
- 2 Price of Progress
$4.56
2.20 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
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
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 3 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (6)
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 Blood Crypt$9.17 0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 1 Godless Shrine$9.11 0.02 tix
- 4 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raucous Theater$10.13 0.87 tix
- 2 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Chained to the Rocks
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
$10.08
0.36 tix
- 2 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 2 Orim's Chant
$5.08
0.23 tix
- 2 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$42.49
7.97 tix
- 1 Solitude
$33.72
5.00 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
- 2 Wrath of the Skies
$1.95
5.07 tix
