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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: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
- 1 Feed the Cycle
$0.26
0.03 tix - 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
- 2 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 2 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: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Sorceries (10)
Instants (15)
- 1 Flash
$1.75
0.55 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix - 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix - 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix - 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Into the Flood Maw
$2.43
9.92 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 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 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Orcish Bowmasters
$44.78
6.90 tix
- 1 Pernicious Deed
$3.04
14.15 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix - 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (23)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (23)
- 2 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix - 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 2 Dark Ritual
$3.28
0.02 tix
- 2 Dark Ritual
$3.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Demonic Consultation
$7.22
1.08 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 3 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (3)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
Planeswalkers (2)
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 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 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.31 0.09 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (12)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (21)
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 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 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.87 0.03 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
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 - 4 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Obsidian Charmaw$1.63 2.27 tix
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
$2.63
0.20 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: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (13)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Break the Ice
$0.28
0.06 tix
- 4 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 1 Graveyard Trespasser
$0.39
0.59 tix
- 1 Necromentia
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 3 Suncleanser
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.03 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (16)
Lands (22)
- 1 Cephalid Coliseum$0.29 0.03 tix
- 2 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 1 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.37 0.01 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Consign to Memory$3.30 31.13 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 3 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix - 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 3 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Temporary Lockdown
$0.32
0.15 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Spirebluff Canal$5.08 0.62 tix
- 2 Spirebluff Canal$5.08 0.62 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$8.85 7.49 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (23)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
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
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.21 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 3 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
$2.63
0.20 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.53
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (16)
- 3 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Castle Locthwain$3.66 0.33 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.30 0.02 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Tower$24.99 0.68 tix
- 4 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire$11.29 0.14 tix
- 1 Underground Mortuary$12.67 1.48 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.03 0.02 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (16)
- 3 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Castle Locthwain$3.66 0.33 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.30 0.02 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Tower$24.99 0.68 tix
- 4 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire$11.29 0.14 tix
- 1 Underground Mortuary$12.67 1.48 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.03 0.02 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix