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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: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (7)
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
- 3 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 1 Godless Shrine$9.11 0.02 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
- 1 Raucous Theater$10.13 0.87 tix
- 2 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet$9.59 1.09 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
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Instants (27)
Sideboard
- 1 Commandeer
$2.56
0.11 tix - 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 2 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 2 Into the Flood Maw
$2.43
9.92 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix - 1 Portable Hole
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix - 2 Unable to Scream
$0.27
0.03 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
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: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (3)
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
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Sanctum of Ugin$2.60 0.02 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
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (13)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (7)
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
- 3 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 1 Godless Shrine$9.11 0.02 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
- 1 Raucous Theater$10.13 0.87 tix
- 2 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet$9.59 1.09 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 2 Orcish Bowmasters
$44.78
6.90 tix
- 3 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.51
4.39 tix
- 3 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
- 2 Overlord of the Balemurk
$20.12
7.28 tix
- 4 Guide of Souls
$2.67
1.63 tix
- 4 Ocelot Pride
$40.17
11.51 tix
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
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 1 Godless Shrine$9.11 0.02 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raucous Theater$10.13 0.87 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet$9.59 1.09 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
$10.08
0.36 tix
- 1 Emperor of Bones
$1.70
0.59 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Ob Nixilis, the Adversary
$1.76
0.50 tix
- 3 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 2 Reprieve
$1.32
0.15 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Thraben Charm
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
- 2 Wrath of the Skies
$1.95
5.07 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (26)
- 1 Shoot the Sheriff
$0.48
0.53 tix
- 3 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 4 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 3 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 3 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 4 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Drown in the Loch
$1.02
0.03 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (18)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 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: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (22)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (25)
- 1 Sink into Stupor— —
- 1 Shoot the Sheriff
$0.48
0.53 tix
- 3 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 1 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 4 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 3 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 4 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 2 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Soulless Jailer
$1.27
0.46 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.94 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 Meltdown
$0.18
0.74 tix
- 1 Price of Progress
$4.56
2.20 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$15.89
0.14 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (20)
- 1 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 3 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Orim's Chant
$5.08
0.23 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (19)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (22)
- 3 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 4 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 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 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: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (18)
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Darkslick Shores$1.87 0.02 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 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
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute$0.42 0.02 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction$1.33 5.76 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge$3.42 0.06 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
