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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: 8 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix - 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix - 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix - 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 1 Opposition Agent
$19.41
6.79 tix
- 2 Price of Progress
$4.56
2.20 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (25)
Lands (18)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 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
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 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: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
- 1 Long Goodbye
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Brain Freeze
$2.60
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix - 3 Waterlogged Teachings
$0.38
0.03 tix - 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix - 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (11)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
54.65 tix - 1 Lotus Petal
$36.20
16.38 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
14.55 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.97 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.97 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.04 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.81 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.61
1.06 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.22
0.02 tix
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 4 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.06 tix
- 1 Long Goodbye
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
$0.24
0.02 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (24)
- 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
- 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 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (19)
- 4 Darkslick Shores$1.87 0.02 tix
- 2 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
- 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: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (4)
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
- 2 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 1 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
- 4 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (23)
- 1 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
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge$58.35 0.06 tix
- 1 Monumental Henge$0.41 0.02 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mystic Gate$3.17 0.02 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 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: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (6)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (19)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 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 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Barrowgoyf
$13.27
25.06 tix
- 1 Barrowgoyf
$13.27
25.06 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 2 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 3 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Shoot the Sheriff
$0.48
0.53 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 2 Barrowgoyf
$13.27
25.06 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix
- 1 Go for the Throat
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 2 Orcish Bowmasters
$44.78
6.90 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (13)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 3 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Back to Basics
$3.49
12.99 tix
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Disruptor Flute
$1.60
2.93 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Humility
$69.21
18.95 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (6)
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
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 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
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (26)
- 3 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 4 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 3 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 4 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (18)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 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
- 2 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (4)
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
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire$5.40 0.18 tix
- 2 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 1 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
- 4 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 2 Drannith Magistrate
$10.08
0.36 tix
- 1 Exorcise
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Fear, Fire, Foes!
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 3 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 Suncleanser
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (19)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 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 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Barrowgoyf
$13.27
25.06 tix
- 1 Barrowgoyf
$13.27
25.06 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 2 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 3 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Shoot the Sheriff
$0.48
0.53 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 1 Deafening Silence
$1.07
0.02 tix
- 1 Exorcise
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Fear, Fire, Foes!
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 2 Orim's Chant
$5.08
0.23 tix
- 2 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$42.49
7.97 tix
- 1 Suncleanser
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 3 Sunspine Lynx
$1.92
0.13 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Thraben Charm
$0.31
0.03 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (10)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (25)
- 1 Blast Zone$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 4 Cloudpost$0.29 0.04 tix
- 1 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.16 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Glacial Chasm$23.56 11.94 tix
- 1 Glimmerpost$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 4 Planar Nexus$3.19 7.99 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 1 Trenchpost$0.29 1.09 tix
- 4 Urza's Tower$0.62 0.03 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.87 0.03 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 1 Expedition Map
$1.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix - 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.63
0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 4 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.43
1.16 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (26)
Lands (18)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 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
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Undercity Sewers$8.85 7.49 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix