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Surgical Extraction 
Surgical Extraction appeared in 1,953 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 | 1396 | 1.4 |
| Legacy | 64 | 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: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
$40.43
1.65 tix - 1 Springheart Nantuko
$5.04
0.02 tix
- 1 Endurance
$3.94
4.00 tix
- 4 Nadu, Winged Wisdom
$0.35
0.02 tix - 1 Lion Sash
$2.32
0.02 tix - 1 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.14 tix
- 3 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.14 tix
- 3 Delighted Halfling
$26.56
0.09 tix
- 3 Noble Hierarch
$10.35
0.20 tix
- 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
$5.26
0.06 tix
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
$1.75
0.50 tix
- 1 Gaddock Teeg
$1.03
0.06 tix
- 4 Nomads en-Kor
$0.49
0.37 tix
Instants (4)
Artifacts (3)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (22)
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.87 0.03 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Deafening Silence
$1.07
0.02 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix - 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix - 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Toxicrene
$0.59
8.00 tix - 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
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 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
- 2 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: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (6)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (24)
- 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
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Savai Triome$20.65 0.11 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Spara's Headquarters$13.76 0.26 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (23)
- 3 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 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
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 2 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Chained to the Rocks
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 4 Cleansing Wildfire
$0.41
0.03 tix - 1 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 2 Drannith Magistrate
$10.08
0.36 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix
- 1 High Noon
$4.42
13.34 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.28
0.02 tix - 2 Orim's Chant
$5.08
0.23 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Thraben Charm
$0.31
0.03 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Consign to Memory$3.30 31.13 tix
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.94 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Fell$0.40 0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Harbinger of the Seas$1.57 1.10 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
- 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
$40.43
1.65 tix
- 1 Endurance
$3.94
4.00 tix
- 4 Nadu, Winged Wisdom
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
$2.49
0.56 tix
- 1 Renegade Rallier
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 4 Delighted Halfling
$26.56
0.09 tix
- 1 Noble Hierarch
$10.35
0.20 tix
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
$1.75
0.50 tix
- 4 Nomads en-Kor
$0.49
0.37 tix
Sorceries (7)
Instants (12)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (21)
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.72 1.75 tix
- 1 Lush Portico$4.52 0.46 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.37 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Endurance
$3.94
4.00 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix
- 1 Outland Liberator
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (22)
- 2 Aether Hub$0.27 0.03 tix
- 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
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 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
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 2 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 1 Fear, Fire, Foes!
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.28
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
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
- 2 Untimely Malfunction
$7.37
0.13 tix
- 3 White Orchid Phantom
$0.27
0.08 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
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
- 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
- 2 Orim's Chant
$5.08
0.23 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
- 1 Thraben Charm$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse$0.36 0.35 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
- 3 White Orchid Phantom
$0.27
0.08 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Sorceries (23)
Instants (13)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 1 Consign/Oblivion
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 2 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Empty the Warrens
$0.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Grapeshot
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Massacre
$0.51
1.01 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
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (9)
Lands (34)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 3 Dark Depths$1.70 0.22 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Horizon Canopy$2.13 0.18 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Lush Portico$4.52 0.46 tix
- 3 Maze of Ith$9.58 3.13 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
- 2 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.87 0.03 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
- 2 Accursed Marauder
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 3 Wildgrowth Walker
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 2 Renegade Rallier
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Six
$4.56
0.02 tix
- 4 Cauldron Familiar
$2.16
0.03 tix
- 3 Viscera Seer
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 2 Delighted Halfling
$26.56
0.09 tix
- 4 Gilded Goose
$0.30
0.06 tix
- 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
$5.26
0.06 tix
- 4 Samwise Gamgee
$0.77
0.02 tix
- 3 Amalia Benavides Aguirre
$0.40
0.02 tix
Instants (4)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (22)
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Godless Shrine$9.11 0.02 tix
- 1 Lush Portico$4.52 0.46 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.30 0.02 tix
- 2 Razorverge Thicket$0.34 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire$11.29 0.14 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.37 0.02 tix
- 1 Underground Mortuary$12.67 1.48 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 3 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
$10.08
0.36 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Gaddock Teeg
$1.03
0.06 tix
- 2 Haywire Mite
$0.40
0.04 tix
- 1 Jirina, Dauntless General
$0.57
0.02 tix
- 3 Pest Control
$6.75
2.21 tix
- 1 Suncleanser
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Artifacts (3)
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
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 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
- 1 Chained to the Rocks
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 2 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 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
- 1 Suncleanser
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Thraben Charm
$0.31
0.03 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
$3.04
0.48 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Hidetsugu Consumes All
$0.58
0.18 tix
- 1 Maddening Hex
$1.96
0.37 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.74 tix
- 1 Opposition Agent
$19.41
6.79 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Dark Betrayal
$0.07
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix
- 2 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Long Goodbye
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
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
- 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
- 2 Orim's Chant
$5.08
0.23 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
- 1 Thraben Charm$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse$0.36 0.35 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
- 3 White Orchid Phantom
$0.27
0.08 tix