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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: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (24)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.00 0.57 tix
- 2 Arid Mesa$30.09 3.34 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.26 4.93 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$10.18 4.32 tix
- 2 Mystic Gate$3.11 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$10.25 0.19 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.85 0.21 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.61 7.12 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.24 0.09 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix - 1 Consign to Memory$3.33 25.82 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.33
25.82 tix - 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.38 tix - 3 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.70
2.22 tix - 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
- 1 Wrath of the Skies
$2.19
5.43 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (23)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.00 0.57 tix
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.09 3.34 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.26 4.93 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$10.18 4.32 tix
- 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge$58.35 0.06 tix
- 1 Monumental Henge$0.39 0.02 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mystic Gate$3.11 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.85 0.21 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.61 7.12 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.33
25.82 tix
- 1 Invert Polarity
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.45
0.02 tix - 3 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.70
2.22 tix
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
$2.61
0.18 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Wrath of the Skies
$2.19
5.43 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (23)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.51
0.04 tix
- 2 Brotherhood's End
$1.08
2.05 tix
- 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.78
0.45 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.33
25.82 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.26
0.68 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.30 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (23)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.00 0.57 tix
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.09 3.34 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.26 4.93 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$10.18 4.32 tix
- 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge$58.35 0.06 tix
- 1 Monumental Henge$0.39 0.02 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mystic Gate$3.11 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.85 0.21 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.61 7.12 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 3 Consign to Memory
$3.33
25.82 tix
- 1 Invert Polarity
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.45
0.02 tix
- 2 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.70
2.22 tix
- 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
$2.61
0.18 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Wrath of the Skies
$2.19
5.43 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (12)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (22)
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.19 0.03 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 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$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.73 1.78 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.02 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (24)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.00 0.57 tix
- 3 Arid Mesa$30.09 3.34 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$10.18 4.32 tix
- 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge$58.35 0.06 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Mystic Gate$3.11 0.02 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$10.25 0.19 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.85 0.21 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.61 7.12 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.24 0.09 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Consign to Memory
$3.33
25.82 tix
- 1 Invert Polarity
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 2 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.70
2.22 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.43
0.27 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.53
0.02 tix
- 1 Wrath of the Skies
$2.19
5.43 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
- 3 Council's Deliberation
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 4 Flame of Anor
$4.56
0.13 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Sink into Stupor
$5.62
7.90 tix
- 3 Galvanic Discharge
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 4 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 2 Spell Snare
$0.43
0.27 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 4 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Invert Polarity
$0.38
0.02 tix
Lands (22)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.00 0.57 tix
- 1 Cascade Bluffs$0.32 0.02 tix
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants$0.44 0.02 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.73 1.78 tix
- 1 Restless Spire$0.24 0.02 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 3 Steam Vents$11.85 0.21 tix
- 2 Thundering Falls$14.61 7.12 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (23)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.00 0.57 tix
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.09 3.34 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.26 4.93 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$10.18 4.32 tix
- 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge$58.35 0.06 tix
- 1 Monumental Henge$0.39 0.02 tix
- 1 Mystic Gate$3.11 0.02 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.85 0.21 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.85 0.21 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.61 7.12 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 4 Consign to Memory
$3.33
25.82 tix
- 2 Drannith Magistrate
$9.68
0.36 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Invert Polarity
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.38 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Wrath of the Skies
$2.19
5.43 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (21)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (24)
- 1 Arena of Glory$7.00 0.57 tix
- 2 Arid Mesa$30.09 3.34 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.26 4.93 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$10.18 4.32 tix
- 2 Mystic Gate$3.11 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$10.25 0.19 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.85 0.21 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.61 7.12 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.24 0.09 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Consign to Memory$3.33 25.82 tix
- 1 Consign to Memory
$3.33
25.82 tix
- 3 Drannith Magistrate
$9.68
0.36 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.38 tix
- 2 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.70
2.22 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
- 1 Wrath of the Skies
$2.19
5.43 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 2 Court of Cunning
$3.92
1.86 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 3 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Harbinger of the Seas$1.60 1.18 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.01
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 5
