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Surgical Extraction 
Surgical Extraction appeared in 1,955 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 | 1.2 | 1398 | 1.4 |
| Legacy | 61 | 1.4 | 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: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (8)
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: 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: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
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 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Mystic Gate$3.17 0.02 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: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
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: 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
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 3 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance$2.38 0.03 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix - 3 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 Powder Keg
$31.45
24.65 tix - 1 Snuff Out
$5.58
9.34 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Threads of Disloyalty
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
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 Dismember
$3.01
3.76 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix - 2 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 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
$15.79
13.91 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (12)
Lands (21)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix - 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix - 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Terminus
$0.30
0.02 tix - 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
- 1 Ledger Shredder
$7.71
0.17 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$15.89
0.14 tix
- 1 Thundertrap Trainer
$0.94
0.64 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.28
0.68 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Murktide Regent
$7.33
6.28 tix - 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
$1.14
0.02 tix - 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$42.49
7.97 tix
- 1 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
$15.79
13.91 tix
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
- 1 Lose Focus
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Remand
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Flame of Anor
$4.56
0.05 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 1 Brainsurge
$0.36
0.03 tix
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Unholy Heat
$0.32
0.01 tix
- 1 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 1 Opt
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Invert Polarity
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 1 Logic Knot
$0.18
0.03 tix
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (23)
- 1 Castle Vantress$0.33 0.02 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants$0.45 0.02 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 3 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 2 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Lutri, the Spellchaser
$0.59
0.02 tix - 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Threads of Disloyalty
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
- 1 Vampires' Vengeance
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.53
0.02 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
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 Dismember
$3.01
3.76 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 2 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 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
$15.79
13.91 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
- 1 Ledger Shredder
$7.71
0.17 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$15.89
0.14 tix
- 1 Thundertrap Trainer
$0.94
0.64 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.28
0.68 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Murktide Regent
$7.33
6.28 tix
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
$1.14
0.02 tix
- 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
$42.49
7.97 tix
- 1 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
$15.79
13.91 tix
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
- 1 Lose Focus
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Remand
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Flame of Anor
$4.56
0.05 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 1 Brainsurge
$0.36
0.03 tix
- 1 Galvanic Discharge
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Unholy Heat
$0.32
0.01 tix
- 1 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 1 Opt
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Invert Polarity
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 1 Logic Knot
$0.18
0.03 tix
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (23)
- 1 Castle Vantress$0.33 0.02 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants$0.45 0.02 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 3 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 2 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Lutri, the Spellchaser
$0.59
0.02 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Threads of Disloyalty
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
- 1 Vampires' Vengeance
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.53
0.02 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Sorceries (20)
Instants (13)
Lands (16)
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
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Massacre
$0.51
1.01 tix
- 2 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 Vexing Bauble
$2.15
5.72 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Barrowgoyf
$13.27
25.06 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.94 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 1 Long Goodbye
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 1 Powder Keg
$31.45
24.65 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: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
