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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: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (23)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix - 2 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix - 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix - 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (38)
- 4 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
$8.30
9.33 tix - 1 Lion Sash
$2.32
0.02 tix
- 4 Spirit of the Labyrinth
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 4 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.14 tix
- 2 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 3 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 4 Broadside Bombardiers
$3.92
9.49 tix - 2 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 4 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.22 tix
- 1 Witch Enchanter
$3.30
0.85 tix - 4 Solitude
$33.72
5.00 tix
- 1 Giver of Runes
$9.07
1.97 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.08 tix
Lands (32)
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 2 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 4 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 5 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Plateau$200.00 3.13 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 3 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Wrath of the Skies
$1.95
5.07 tix - 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (23)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 2 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.50
8.00 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
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
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 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
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Commandeer
$2.56
0.11 tix - 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 3 Obsidian Charmaw$1.63 2.27 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.49
0.10 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (9)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Break the Ice$0.28 0.06 tix
- 1 Break the Ice
$0.28
0.06 tix
- 2 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 2 Magebane Lizard
$0.42
1.88 tix
- 1 Molten Collapse
$0.34
0.02 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
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
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
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 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mystic Gate$3.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 2 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.71
0.34 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Murktide Regent
$7.33
6.28 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.90 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Deafening Silence
$1.07
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Wrath of the Skies
$1.95
5.07 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
- 1 Lion Sash
$2.32
0.02 tix
- 2 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
$4.76
0.51 tix
- 3 Samwise the Stouthearted
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 4 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.14 tix
- 2 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 2 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.22 tix
- 2 Witch Enchanter
$3.30
0.85 tix
- 1 Solitude
$33.72
5.00 tix
- 4 Guide of Souls
$2.67
1.63 tix
- 4 Ocelot Pride
$40.17
11.51 tix
- 1 Weathered Wayfarer
$1.01
0.02 tix
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Cataclysm
$1.34
12.27 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 4 Disruptor Flute
$1.60
2.93 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 The Battle of Bywater
$2.65
0.02 tix
- 1 Trailblazer's Torch
$0.24
5.67 tix - 2 Wrath of the Skies
$1.95
5.07 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
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: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (23)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 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 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.36 0.14 tix
- 4 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: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (21)
- 3 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
- 2 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 2 Elegant Parlor$8.14 4.93 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 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 3 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
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
- 1 Anger of the Gods
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.08
2.00 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.28
0.02 tix - 2 Leyline of Punishment
$3.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Stubborn Denial
$3.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
- 2 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
