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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: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Annul
$0.20
0.03 tix - 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
- 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: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (3)
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
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 3 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 2 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 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 Legion's End
$0.13
0.02 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.88
0.03 tix
- 3 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
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (18)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.25
0.02 tix - 1 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.38 tix - 2 Snuff Out
$5.61
9.84 tix - 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.03
0.04 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (33)
- 2 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.86 0.01 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 1 Dark Depths$1.72 0.22 tix
- 3 Dark Depths$1.72 0.22 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Lush Portico$4.48 0.46 tix
- 2 Maze of Ith$9.50 3.15 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 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 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.51 13.97 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.69 0.02 tix
- 2 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.69 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (22)
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 4 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 3 Ephemerate
$4.26
2.51 tix
- 1 Orim's Chant
$5.36
0.28 tix
- 4 Swords to Plowshares
$1.03
0.04 tix
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.38 tix
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (26)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 4 Marsh Flats$31.92 0.81 tix
- 2 Meticulous Archive$10.18 4.32 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.38 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Plains$0.35 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.57 0.01 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Back to Basics
$3.52
12.48 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Loran of the Third Path
$3.63
0.23 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Orcish Bowmasters
$46.38
7.36 tix
- 1 Pest Control
$6.45
2.21 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Dauthi Voidwalker
$3.20
0.48 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
$80.38
6.42 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.20
0.01 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.23 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 2 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.01
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Tsabo's Web
$4.12
20.28 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (10)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Annul
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 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
- 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: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 2 Flame of Anor
$4.56
0.13 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 3 Pick Your Poison
$0.31
—
- 1 Remand
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Unholy Heat
$0.31
0.01 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (20)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
- 3 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 2 Flame of Anor
$4.56
0.13 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 3 Pick Your Poison
$0.31
—
- 1 Remand
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Unholy Heat
$0.31
0.01 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
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
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 3 Wooded Foothills$17.68 2.56 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 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
- 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: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (7)
Lands (21)
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.09 3.34 tix
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.34 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$10.25 0.19 tix
- 1 Savai Triome$20.62 0.12 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.85 0.21 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.38 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
- 4 Wooded Foothills$17.68 2.56 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 2 Flame of Anor
$4.56
0.13 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 3 Pick Your Poison
$0.31
—
- 1 Remand
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Unholy Heat
$0.31
0.01 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (6)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (23)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium$1.52 0.02 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.92 0.81 tix
- 2 Meticulous Archive$10.18 4.32 tix
- 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge$58.35 0.06 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.36 0.14 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$8.98 7.50 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.02 0.02 tix
- 1 Zagoth Triome$24.57 0.03 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.84
0.02 tix - 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.45
0.02 tix
- 2 Pest Control
$6.45
2.21 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.33 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.43
0.27 tix
- 3 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.62
8.00 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
