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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: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (6)
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
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 2 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
- 2 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix - 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 2 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix - 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.74 tix - 2 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix - 2 Orim's Chant
$5.08
0.23 tix - 2 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Thraben Charm
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Wrath of the Skies
$1.95
5.07 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (23)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix - 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Soulless Jailer
$1.27
0.46 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (5)
Enchantments (11)
Lands (22)
- 2 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Sunbaked Canyon$3.49 2.01 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Chained to the Rocks
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 2 Drannith Magistrate
$10.08
0.36 tix
- 2 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 3 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 2 Orim's Chant
$5.08
0.23 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (26)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (25)
- 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
- 1 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 4 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 2 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 3 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 4 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (18)
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Darkslick Shores$1.87 0.02 tix
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 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
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (23)
Lands (17)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 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 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Undercity Sewers$8.85 7.49 tix
- 3 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Soulless Jailer
$1.27
0.46 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.51
4.39 tix
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.51
4.39 tix
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
$2.63
0.20 tix
- 3 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
$2.63
0.20 tix
- 4 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
- 4 Guide of Souls
$2.67
1.63 tix
- 4 Ocelot Pride
$40.17
11.51 tix
Instants (6)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 2 Drannith Magistrate
$10.08
0.36 tix
- 1 Fear, Fire, Foes!
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 2 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum$3.76 0.84 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.74 tix
- 3 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 1 Orim's Chant
$5.08
0.23 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (6)
Lands (23)
- 3 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
- 2 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
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 3 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Sunbaked Canyon$3.49 2.01 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (25)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (23)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 4 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 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 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (7)
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
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet$9.59 1.09 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (6)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.08
2.00 tix
- 2 Chained to the Rocks
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
$10.08
0.36 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix
- 1 Magebane Lizard
$0.42
1.88 tix
- 3 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 2 Orim's Chant
$5.08
0.23 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (6)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (6)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
Lands (18)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Darkslick Shores$1.87 0.02 tix
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 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
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Instants (8)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Drannith Magistrate
$10.08
0.36 tix
- 2 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.74 tix
- 3 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
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (7)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Chained to the Rocks
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Drannith Magistrate
$10.08
0.36 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix
- 2 Orim's Chant
$5.08
0.23 tix
- 1 Showdown of the Skalds
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 2 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: 1 | Swiss: 2
