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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: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix - 3 Eternal Witness
$0.70
0.03 tix
- 1 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
$2.49
0.56 tix - 1 Knight of Autumn
$0.41
0.02 tix - 2 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
$4.76
0.51 tix
- 4 Spellseeker
$16.13
12.28 tix - 4 Solitude
$33.72
5.00 tix - 4 Noble Hierarch
$10.35
0.20 tix
- 3 Ice-Fang Coatl
$0.62
0.10 tix
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.36 tix
Sorceries (5)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (27)
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Lush Portico$4.52 0.46 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.37 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
- 3 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 1 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.21 tix - 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Toxicrene
$0.59
8.00 tix
- 1 Wrath of the Skies
$1.95
5.07 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (23)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Back to Basics
$3.49
12.99 tix
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.90 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Powder Keg
$31.45
24.65 tix
- 1 Ratchet Bomb
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Rona's Vortex
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.73 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (26)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (26)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (25)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 2 Barrowgoyf
$13.27
25.06 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum$3.76 0.84 tix
- 1 Go for the Throat
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 2 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 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.01
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (19)
- 4 Darkslick Shores$1.87 0.02 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (7)
Lands (23)
- 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
- 2 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 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 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Fear, Fire, Foes!$0.23 0.03 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.28
0.02 tix - 2 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.21 tix
- 2 Orim's Chant
$5.08
0.23 tix
- 2 Orim's Chant
$5.08
0.23 tix
- 3 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 2 Suncleanser
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Thraben Charm$0.31 0.03 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (14)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Annul
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 2 Dismember
$3.01
3.76 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 1 Soul Rend
$0.37
1.07 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 4 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Sorceries (22)
Instants (14)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.07 tix
- 1 Consign/Oblivion
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 2 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Empty the Warrens
$0.15
0.02 tix - 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.74 tix
- 1 Peer into the Abyss
$2.64
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.24
0.02 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.71
0.34 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.28
0.68 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (22)
Lands (17)
- 1 Darkslick Shores$1.87 0.02 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Gloomlake Verge$10.41 0.26 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Undercity Sewers$8.85 7.49 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (19)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$8.85 7.49 tix
- 4 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Barrowgoyf
$13.27
25.06 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Go for the Throat
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.01
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (22)
- 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
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Indatha Triome$18.13 6.66 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
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
- 4 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
- 1 Lion Sash
$2.32
0.02 tix
- 4 Spirit of the Labyrinth
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 4 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.14 tix
- 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 4 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Mirran Crusader
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 2 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.22 tix
- 4 Witch Enchanter
$3.30
0.85 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.08 tix
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Barrowgoyf
$13.27
25.06 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Go for the Throat
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.01
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
- 3 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Shifting Woodland$4.37 0.03 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 2 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Hullbreacher
$1.64
7.75 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 1 Shared Summons
$1.04
0.02 tix
- 1 Sublime Epiphany
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Wear Down
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Wipe Away
$0.29
0.03 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (19)
- 4 Darkslick Shores$1.87 0.02 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 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
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Undercity Sewers$8.85 7.49 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
