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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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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: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 4 Dauthi Voidwalker
$3.20
0.48 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix - 1 Go for the Throat
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Harvester of Misery
$2.72
0.07 tix - 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix - 1 Ratchet Bomb
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (14)
Lands (19)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$8.98 7.50 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.23 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.51
5.17 tix - 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Grist, the Hunger Tide
$0.39
0.58 tix
- 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.62
1.16 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.88
0.03 tix
- 2 Pernicious Deed
$3.04
14.18 tix
- 1 Pick Your Poison
$0.31
—
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.01
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.30 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.23 tix
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.94 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix - 2 Price of Progress
$4.56
1.90 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.30 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (21)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 3 Carpet of Flowers
$1.51
5.17 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.91
3.54 tix
- 3 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 2 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Firemind's Foresight
$0.21
0.02 tix - 1 Release the Ants
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Shared Summons
$1.05
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Wipe Away
$0.29
0.03 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (9)
Lands (20)
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.87 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.92 0.81 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet$9.57 1.22 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.57 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 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Instants (17)
Lands (10)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (10)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Angrath's Rampage
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon$6.67 0.99 tix
- 1 Bonecrusher Giant
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Cursed Totem
$1.16
0.14 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 1 Hidetsugu Consumes All
$0.58
0.18 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 2 Legion's End
$0.13
0.02 tix
- 1 Liliana of the Veil$4.85 0.69 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.30 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Sorceries (14)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.09 3.34 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 4 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Prismatic Vista$25.57 2.51 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.23 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix - 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.33 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (13)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$10.18 4.32 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.24 0.09 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (11)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Angrath's Rampage
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 3 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 1 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
$2.31
0.62 tix
- 2 Legion's End
$0.13
0.02 tix
- 2 Liliana of the Veil
$4.85
0.69 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.30 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.94 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 2 Price of Progress
$4.56
1.90 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (26)
Instants (3)
Artifacts (16)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Echo of Eons
$9.41
8.33 tix
- 1 Elemental Eruption
$2.33
3.11 tix
- 1 Empty the Warrens
$0.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Galvanic Relay
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Grapeshot
$0.24
0.01 tix
- 1 Haywire Mite
$0.41
0.03 tix
- 1 Jeska's Will
$39.18
4.09 tix
- 1 Lock and Load
$0.79
4.20 tix
- 1 Peer into the Abyss
$2.62
0.02 tix
- 1 Reforge the Soul
$5.24
0.02 tix
- 1 Shattering Spree
$0.93
0.22 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.27
4.72 tix
- 1 Wheel of Misfortune
$7.93
12.79 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (23)
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.49 0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.87 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Raucous Theater$10.05 0.87 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$7.34 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.51 13.97 tix
- 3 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 3 Wooded Foothills$17.68 2.56 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Cursed Totem
$1.16
0.14 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Haywire Mite
$0.41
0.03 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.30
0.02 tix - 3 Pick Your Poison
$0.31
—
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Stone of Erech
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Terminate
$0.28
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (3)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (22)
- 1 Demolition Field$0.28 0.02 tix
- 2 Emeria, the Sky Ruin$5.08 0.02 tix
- 2 Field of Ruin$0.19 0.03 tix
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 7 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.36 0.14 tix
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet$9.57 1.22 tix
- 1 Spara's Headquarters$13.50 0.26 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.38 0.02 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Damping Sphere
$1.03
1.16 tix
- 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
$22.24
0.02 tix
- 1 Get Lost
$3.52
0.78 tix
- 2 Hallowed Moonlight
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Haywire Mite
$0.41
0.03 tix
- 3 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.31
0.10 tix
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.38 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Temporary Lockdown
$0.32
0.13 tix
- 1 The Stone Brain
$0.45
1.22 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (23)
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.49 0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.87 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Raucous Theater$10.05 0.87 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$7.34 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.51 13.97 tix
- 3 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 3 Wooded Foothills$17.68 2.56 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 1 Haywire Mite
$0.41
0.03 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 2 Pick Your Poison
$0.31
—
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Stone of Erech
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Terminate
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Tireless Tracker
$0.27
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (12)
Lands (28)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.86 0.01 tix
- 2 Dark Depths$1.72 0.22 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Echoing Deeps$0.76 0.02 tix
- 2 Flagstones of Trokair$4.11 0.09 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Maze of Ith$9.50 3.15 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 3 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Urza's Saga$35.51 13.97 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
- 2 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.69 0.02 tix
