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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: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix - 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 2 Dauthi Voidwalker
$3.04
0.48 tix
- 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
$3.04
0.48 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 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
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 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
- 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 (6)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Instants (6)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 4 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
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
$4.76
0.51 tix
- 1 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 (6)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
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: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (6)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (23)
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: 5 | Swiss: 2
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
- 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: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (8)
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
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 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
- 3 Ugin's Labyrinth$12.14 11.31 tix
- 1 Ugin's Labyrinth$12.14 11.31 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (25)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (23)
- 1 Sink into Stupor— —
- 1 Shoot the Sheriff
$0.48
0.53 tix
- 2 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
- 2 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 2 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 4 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 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: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (22)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
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
- 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 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Sunbaked Canyon$3.49 2.01 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
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
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 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: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (23)
- 1 Sink into Stupor— —
- 1 Shoot the Sheriff
$0.48
0.53 tix
- 2 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
- 2 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 2 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 4 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 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: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (23)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (7)
Lands (21)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.17 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Lush Portico$4.52 0.46 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.37 0.02 tix
- 4 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.31 0.09 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | 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
- 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
