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Surgical Extraction 
Surgical Extraction appeared in 1,954 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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or 2 life.)
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 | 1399 | 1.4 |
| Legacy | 61 | 1.4 | 540 | 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: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
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
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 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 Monumental Henge$0.41 0.02 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix - 2 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix - 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix - 2 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix - 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
$2.63
0.20 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.49
0.10 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Wrath of the Skies
$1.95
5.07 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Castle Locthwain$3.66 0.33 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Tower$24.99 0.68 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Raucous Theater$10.13 0.87 tix
- 9 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire$11.29 0.14 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.03 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 4 Emperor of Bones
$1.70
0.59 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 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 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.22 tix
- 1 Witch Enchanter
$3.30
0.85 tix
- 4 Solitude
$33.72
5.00 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.08 tix
Sorceries (4)
Lands (32)
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 4 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 5 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 2 Scrubland$215.00 4.41 tix
- 2 Shadowy Backstreet$9.59 1.09 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Deafening Silence
$1.07
0.02 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Loran of the Third Path
$3.34
0.23 tix
- 3 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 2 Path to Exile
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Path to Exile$0.97 0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 White Orchid Phantom
$0.27
0.08 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (41)
- 4 Solitude$33.72 5.00 tix
- 4 White Orchid Phantom$0.27 0.08 tix
- 1 Lion Sash
$2.32
0.02 tix
- 3 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
$4.76
0.51 tix
- 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Spirit of the Labyrinth
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 4 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.14 tix
- 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 2 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Elite Spellbinder
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 4 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.22 tix
- 4 Witch Enchanter
$3.30
0.85 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.08 tix
Lands (29)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (23)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 3 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
- 1 Mystic Gate$3.17 0.02 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.71 6.99 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Invert Polarity
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.21 tix
- 2 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 3 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Unmoored Ego
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Wrath of the Skies
$1.95
5.07 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (15)
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.17 0.02 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Tower$24.99 0.68 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Raucous Theater$10.13 0.87 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire$11.29 0.14 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
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 Monumental Henge$0.41 0.02 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 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
- 2 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.30
31.13 tix
- 1 Invert Polarity
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.63
2.27 tix
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
$2.63
0.20 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.49
0.10 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Wrath of the Skies
$1.95
5.07 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 2 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 1 Disruptor Flute
$1.60
2.93 tix
- 3 Harsh Mentor
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.28
0.02 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 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.35 tix
- 2 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (12)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
- 4 Gilded Drake
$196.36
5.89 tix
- 1 Barrin, Tolarian Archmage
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
$1.57
1.10 tix
- 3 Charming Prince
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 4 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
$4.76
0.51 tix
- 2 Samwise the Stouthearted
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Venser, Shaper Savant
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Loran of the Third Path
$3.34
0.23 tix
- 4 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.22 tix
- 1 Witch Enchanter
$3.30
0.85 tix
- 2 Solitude
$33.72
5.00 tix
- 2 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.36 tix
Sorceries (4)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (28)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 3 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$9.97 4.14 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 4 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 4 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Plains$0.37 0.01 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (22)
- 2 Go for the Throat
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 2 Sauron's Ransom
$0.59
0.02 tix
- 3 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Sink into Stupor
$5.69
7.90 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Consider
$0.26
0.01 tix
- 3 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 2 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (24)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.17 0.55 tix
- 3 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
- 2 Mystic Gate$3.17 0.02 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$9.69 0.14 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 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: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (8)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (12)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (22)
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 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 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.66 1.86 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Goblin Cratermaker
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Grindstone
$3.23
1.29 tix
- 4 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Portable Hole
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
