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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: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (24)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
- 1 Headliner Scarlett$5.56 0.10 tix
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
$3.92
9.49 tix - 3 Goblin Rabblemaster
$0.43
0.02 tix
- 1 Gut, True Soul Zealot
$0.16
10.48 tix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 4 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 4 Simian Spirit Guide
$2.71
0.01 tix
- 4 Caves of Chaos Adventurer
$0.36
13.90 tix - 3 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix
Instants (1)
Artifacts (15)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (6)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (7)
Lands (23)
- 2 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 3 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (7)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (4)
Enchantments (8)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (24)
- 3 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 2 Blood Crypt$9.17 0.02 tix
- 3 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 4 Dwarven Mine$0.19 0.03 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 1 Jetmir's Garden$16.08 0.17 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.90 0.02 tix
- 3 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.31 0.09 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (5)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (25)
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 2 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Nurturing Peatland$6.56 1.25 tix
- 2 Overgrown Tomb$9.30 0.02 tix
- 2 Shifting Woodland$4.37 0.03 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Underground Mortuary$12.67 1.48 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.03 0.02 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix - 1 Culling Ritual
$0.42
0.36 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 1 Fulminator Mage
$1.14
0.02 tix - 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 3 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
- 1 Tireless Tracker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (5)
Lands (25)
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 2 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Nurturing Peatland$6.56 1.25 tix
- 2 Overgrown Tomb$9.30 0.02 tix
- 1 Shifting Woodland$4.37 0.03 tix
- 1 Shifting Woodland$4.37 0.03 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Underground Mortuary$12.67 1.48 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.03 0.02 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix
- 1 Culling Ritual
$0.42
0.36 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 1 Fulminator Mage
$1.14
0.02 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 3 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
- 1 Tireless Tracker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
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)
Enchantments (8)
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
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 3 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 2 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
- 2 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (23)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (5)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
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
- 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
- 4 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix - 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.94 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 2 Hullbreacher
$1.64
7.75 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (3)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (23)
- 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
- 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
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 1 Deafening Silence
$1.07
0.02 tix
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
$10.08
0.36 tix
- 1 Enduring Innocence
$3.92
0.06 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix
- 1 Magebane Lizard
$0.42
1.88 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.74 tix - 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Thraben Charm
$0.31
0.03 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (7)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (6)
Lands (23)
- 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
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Godless Shrine$9.11 0.02 tix
- 3 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
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet$9.59 1.09 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (3)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (23)
- 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
- 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
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 1 Deafening Silence
$1.07
0.02 tix
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
$10.08
0.36 tix
- 1 Enduring Innocence
$3.92
0.06 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix
- 1 Magebane Lizard
$0.42
1.88 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.74 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Thraben Charm
$0.31
0.03 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (7)
Lands (23)
- 2 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 2 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.74 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.74 tix
- 2 Orvar, the All-Form
$2.30
0.30 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 3 Suncleanser
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Thraben Charm
$0.31
0.03 tix
