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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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or 2 life.)
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: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 2 Drannith Magistrate
$10.08
0.36 tix - 2 Exorcise
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Fear, Fire, Foes!
$0.23
0.03 tix - 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.28
0.02 tix - 2 Orim's Chant
$5.08
0.23 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Suncleanser
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Thraben Charm
$0.31
0.03 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
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: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 3 Emperor of Bones
$1.70
0.59 tix
- 3 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
$4.67
0.23 tix - 2 Ulamog, the Defiler
$16.46
0.06 tix - 1 Kiora, the Rising Tide
$0.39
0.02 tix - 1 Kiora, the Rising Tide
$0.39
0.02 tix
- 4 Atraxa, Grand Unifier
$15.27
10.87 tix - 2 Solitude
$33.72
5.00 tix
- 1 Griselbrand
$6.63
1.19 tix
- 4 Psychic Frog
$4.70
5.05 tix
Sorceries (4)
Instants (15)
Lands (20)
- 1 Cephalid Coliseum$0.29 0.03 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Godless Shrine$9.11 0.02 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.30 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet$9.59 1.09 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$8.85 7.49 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 2 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 1 Disruptor Flute
$1.60
2.93 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix
- 1 Pest Control
$6.75
2.21 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
- 1 Wrath of the Skies
$1.95
5.07 tix
- 1 Wrath of the Skies
$1.95
5.07 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (20)
Lands (22)
- 1 Cephalid Coliseum$0.29 0.03 tix
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea$4.96 0.02 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 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 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$8.85 7.49 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
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: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 1 End the Festivities
$1.45
0.03 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$42.49
7.97 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Suncleanser
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Thraben Charm
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 3 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
- 3 White Orchid Phantom
$0.27
0.08 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 2 Cleansing Wildfire
$0.41
0.03 tix
- 2 Fear, Fire, Foes!
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Magebane Lizard
$0.42
1.88 tix
- 2 Orim's Chant
$5.08
0.23 tix
- 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$42.49
7.97 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Thraben Charm
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Untimely Malfunction
$7.37
0.13 tix
- 2 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
Final: 7 | 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: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Sorceries (16)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 2 Barrowgoyf
$13.27
25.06 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Dark Betrayal
$0.07
0.03 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.01
3.76 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 2 Orcish Bowmasters
$44.78
6.90 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (5)
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
- 2 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
- 4 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
- 1 End the Festivities
$1.45
0.03 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$42.49
7.97 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Suncleanser
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Thraben Charm
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 3 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
- 3 White Orchid Phantom
$0.27
0.08 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
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: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (22)
- 1 Cephalid Coliseum$0.29 0.03 tix
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea$4.96 0.02 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 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 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$8.85 7.49 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Baleful Mastery
$2.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 3 Extirpate
$1.31
0.03 tix
- 2 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Go for the Throat
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Long Goodbye
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 The Meathook Massacre
$25.60
2.85 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (6)
Lands (23)
- 2 Aether Hub$0.27 0.03 tix
- 1 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
- 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
- 2 Exorcise
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Fear, Fire, Foes!$0.23 0.03 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.28
0.02 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: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
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: 8
