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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: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (29)
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings— —
- 4 Jwari Disruption
$0.38
0.04 tix - 4 Flare of Denial
$3.15
0.25 tix
- 4 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 1 Rush of Inspiration
$0.23
0.03 tix - 4 Silundi Vision
$0.40
0.03 tix - 3 Waterlogged Teachings
$0.38
0.03 tix - 3 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 4 Disrupting Shoal
$12.21
0.48 tix - 1 Whir of Invention
$5.02
0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (20)
- 3 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 2 Commercial District$6.88 1.18 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.30 0.02 tix
- 2 Stomping Ground$6.90 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 4 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (1)
Artifacts (30)
- 1 Candy Trail$0.60 0.03 tix
- 3 Chrome Mox
$38.87
1.82 tix - 4 Lion's Eye Diamond
$819.15
8.91 tix
- 4 Lotus Petal
$36.20
16.38 tix
- 4 Mishra's Bauble
$1.61
0.02 tix
- 4 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.14 tix
- 4 Urza's Bauble
$5.38
12.99 tix
- 1 Aether Spellbomb
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Vexing Bauble
$2.15
5.72 tix
- 4 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
Lands (10)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix - 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.07 tix
- 4 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Haywire Mite
$0.40
0.04 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
$44.78
6.90 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 2 Vexing Bauble
$2.15
5.72 tix
Final: 8 | 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 Blood Moon
$6.67
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 - 2 Orim's Chant
$5.08
0.23 tix
- 2 Reprieve$1.32 0.15 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
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (2)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (24)
- 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 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Mystic Gate$3.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.37 0.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 2 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.03
0.03 tix
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 4 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 High Noon
$4.42
13.34 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 4 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.49
0.10 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Temporary Lockdown
$0.32
0.15 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (29)
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings— —
- 4 Jwari Disruption
$0.38
0.04 tix
- 4 Flare of Denial
$3.15
0.25 tix
- 4 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 1 Rush of Inspiration
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 4 Silundi Vision
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 3 Waterlogged Teachings
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 3 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 4 Disrupting Shoal
$12.21
0.48 tix
- 1 Whir of Invention
$5.02
0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (22)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (25)
- 1 Shoot the Sheriff
$0.48
0.53 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 1 Cut Down
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 4 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 3 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 3 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 4 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Drown in the Loch
$1.02
0.03 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 1 Disruptor Flute
$1.60
2.93 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
$20.12
7.28 tix
- 1 Path of Peril
$0.31
0.27 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (6)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (11)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
- 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
- 2 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: 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
- 2 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: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (3)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (31)
- 4 Bazaar of Baghdad$1949.99 4.34 tix
- 1 Blast Zone$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 3 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.78 9.31 tix
- 2 Dark Depths$1.70 0.22 tix
- 1 Glacial Chasm$23.56 11.94 tix
- 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity$12.88 0.02 tix
- 1 Horizon Canopy$2.13 0.18 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 4 Riftstone Portal$2.69 0.04 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 2 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 4 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.87 0.03 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Artifacts (29)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (10)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.07 tix
- 1 Haywire Mite
$0.40
0.04 tix
- 4 Leyline of Anticipation
$6.83
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
$44.78
6.90 tix
- 1 Surge Node
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Vexing Bauble
$2.15
5.72 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Sorceries (22)
Instants (13)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 2 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.07 tix
- 1 Consign/Oblivion
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Empty the Warrens
$0.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Massacre
$0.51
1.01 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.74 tix
- 1 Molten Collapse
$0.34
0.02 tix
- 1 Peer into the Abyss
$2.64
0.02 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.24
0.02 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (24)
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 1 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 4 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 3 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 3 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 2 Drown in the Loch
$1.02
0.03 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Archmage's Charm
$1.21
0.17 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
