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Surgical Extraction 
Surgical Extraction appeared in 1,949 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: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (35)
- 2 Emperor of Bones
$1.70
0.59 tix - 1 Orcish Bowmasters
$44.78
6.90 tix
- 1 Lion Sash
$2.32
0.02 tix - 3 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
$4.76
0.51 tix
- 3 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.14 tix
- 1 Aven Interrupter
$3.51
0.06 tix
- 3 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 3 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Boggart Trawler
$0.86
0.37 tix - 2 Elite Spellbinder
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 4 Overlord of the Balemurk
$20.12
7.28 tix - 4 Witch Enchanter
$3.30
0.85 tix
- 3 Solitude
$33.72
5.00 tix
- 4 Giver of Runes
$9.07
1.97 tix
Sorceries (3)
Instants (3)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (6)
Enchantments (9)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix - 2 Drannith Magistrate
$10.08
0.36 tix
- 1 Enduring Innocence
$3.92
0.06 tix
- 1 Fear, Fire, Foes!
$0.23
0.03 tix - 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.74 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 (4)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
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
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 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
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Instants (6)
Lands (23)
- 3 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 2 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
- 3 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Sunbaked Canyon$3.49 2.01 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
- 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
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (6)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (17)
Instants (6)
Enchantments (6)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (23)
- 3 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.17 0.02 tix
- 3 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 1 Commercial District$6.88 1.18 tix
- 4 Dwarven Mine$0.19 0.03 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 3 Raucous Theater$10.13 0.87 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.90 0.02 tix
- 3 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (20)
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 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 1 Shoot the Sheriff
$0.48
0.53 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Instants (6)
Lands (24)
- 3 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 2 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 2 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 3 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 4 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Monumental Henge$0.41 0.02 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
- 2 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 3 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Deafening Silence
$1.07
0.02 tix
- 3 Meltdown
$0.18
0.74 tix
- 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer$42.49 7.97 tix
- 2 Showdown of the Skalds
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (24)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (6)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
- 2 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury$2.63 0.20 tix
- 2 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.51
4.39 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
- 2 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 (7)
Lands (22)
- 2 Aether Hub$0.27 0.03 tix
- 2 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 3 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 4 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 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 4 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 2 Graveyard Trespasser
$0.39
0.59 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 The Meathook Massacre
$25.60
2.85 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
- 3 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.51
4.39 tix
- 4 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
- 3 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$42.49
7.97 tix
- 2 Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot
$0.34
0.02 tix
- 4 Guide of Souls
$2.67
1.63 tix
- 4 Ocelot Pride
$40.17
11.51 tix
Instants (5)
Lands (23)
- 1 Aether Hub$0.27 0.03 tix
- 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
- 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
- 2 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: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (17)
Instants (6)
Enchantments (6)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (23)
- 3 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.17 0.02 tix
- 3 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 1 Commercial District$6.88 1.18 tix
- 4 Dwarven Mine$0.19 0.03 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 3 Raucous Theater$10.13 0.87 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.90 0.02 tix
- 3 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (5)
Enchantments (9)
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
- 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
- 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: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (6)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Grindstone
$3.23
1.29 tix
- 4 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Portable Hole
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
