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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: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Barrowgoyf
$13.27
25.06 tix - 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 Meltdown
$0.18
0.74 tix - 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
$5.43
7.22 tix - 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 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
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Powder Keg
$31.45
24.65 tix
- 1 Snuff Out
$5.58
9.34 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
- 1 Threads of Disloyalty
$0.24
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (23)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 3 Break the Ice
$0.28
0.06 tix
- 1 Commandeer
$2.56
0.11 tix - 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix
- 1 Siphon Insight
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 The Meathook Massacre
$25.60
2.85 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (21)
Lands (19)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 2 Darkslick Shores$1.87 0.02 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Gloomlake Verge$10.41 0.26 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 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
- 4 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Ghost Vacuum
$3.76
0.84 tix
- 1 Glistening Deluge
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 2 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (3)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (23)
- 3 Aether Hub$0.27 0.03 tix
- 2 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 3 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
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 3 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Deafening Silence
$1.07
0.02 tix - 2 Fear, Fire, Foes!
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.28
0.02 tix - 2 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
- 1 The One Ring
$90.29
1.06 tix
- 2 Thraben Charm
$0.31
0.03 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Barrowgoyf
$13.27
25.06 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.01
3.76 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 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.01
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plateau$200.00 3.13 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 3 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Barrowgoyf
$13.27
25.06 tix
- 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 Meltdown
$0.18
0.74 tix
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
$5.43
7.22 tix
- 1 Murktide Regent
$7.33
6.28 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 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
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (23)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (19)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (2)
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
- 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
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Dark Betrayal
$0.07
0.03 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 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 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 2 Orcish Bowmasters
$44.78
6.90 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (24)
- 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 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
- 2 Mystic Gate$3.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (22)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
$3.04
0.48 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
$819.15
8.91 tix - 1 Memory's Journey
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 4 Murktide Regent$7.33 6.28 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (2)
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
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire$5.40 0.18 tix
- 2 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 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 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance$2.38 0.03 tix
