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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: 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
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix - 1 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.94 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix - 1 Price of Progress
$4.56
1.90 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.28
0.03 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: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Instants (7)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (35)
- 1 Blast Zone$0.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.86 0.01 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 1 Commercial District$6.84 0.96 tix
- 3 Dark Depths$1.72 0.22 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Grove of the Burnwillows$5.83 0.93 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 3 Maze of Ith$9.50 3.15 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.73 1.78 tix
- 1 Taiga$215.00 3.47 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.51 13.97 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.68 2.56 tix
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.69 0.02 tix
Sideboard
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
- 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
- 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: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (17)
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.09 3.34 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.09 3.34 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.87 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 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
- 2 Wooded Foothills$17.68 2.56 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Sorceries (13)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.23 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Doorkeeper Thrull
$0.72
0.35 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: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes
$2.04
0.40 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Sorceries (15)
Instants (21)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Instants (11)
Lands (28)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 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 Scrubland$215.00 4.38 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 2 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
- 2 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.69 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.57
0.10 tix
- 1 Deafening Silence
$1.06
0.02 tix
- 2 Endurance
$3.96
4.00 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 1 Gaddock Teeg
$1.03
0.06 tix
- 1 Glacial Chasm$22.66 11.94 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.03
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 3 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (10)
Lands (20)
- 3 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.79 0.02 tix
- 3 Blood Crypt$9.49 0.02 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.87 tix
- 1 Castle Locthwain$3.66 0.31 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.92 0.81 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Raucous Theater$10.05 0.87 tix
- 3 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire$11.17 0.16 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Angrath's Rampage
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Bonecrusher Giant
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.08
2.05 tix
- 1 Cursed Totem
$1.16
0.14 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 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 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: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Godless Shrine$8.10 0.03 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.73 1.75 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Marsh Flats$31.92 0.81 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$10.18 4.32 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet$9.57 1.22 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$8.98 7.50 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.02 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Commandeer
$2.63
0.14 tix - 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.51
3.23 tix - 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.38 tix
- 2 Pest Control
$6.45
2.21 tix
- 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Solitude
$33.40
5.00 tix - 2 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Instants (7)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (35)
- 1 Blast Zone$0.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.86 0.01 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 1 Commercial District$6.84 0.96 tix
- 3 Dark Depths$1.72 0.22 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Grove of the Burnwillows$5.83 0.93 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 3 Maze of Ith$9.50 3.15 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.73 1.78 tix
- 1 Taiga$215.00 3.47 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.51 13.97 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.68 2.56 tix
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.69 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (19)
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Misdirection
$5.84
8.87 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix - 4 Dark Ritual
$3.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Demonic Consultation
$7.35
1.07 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.14 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (3)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 2 Cut Down
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 2 Dauthi Voidwalker
$3.20
0.48 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
$80.38
6.42 tix
- 1 Snuff Out
$5.61
9.84 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Godless Shrine$8.10 0.03 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 1 Hedge Maze$10.73 1.75 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Marsh Flats$31.92 0.81 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$10.18 4.32 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet$9.57 1.22 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$8.98 7.50 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.02 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Commandeer
$2.63
0.14 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.51
3.23 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.38 tix
- 2 Pest Control
$6.45
2.21 tix
- 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Solitude
$33.40
5.00 tix
- 2 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (2)
Lands (23)
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.09 3.34 tix
- 2 Arid Mesa$30.09 3.34 tix
- 2 Emeria, the Sky Ruin$5.08 0.02 tix
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Lush Portico$4.48 0.46 tix
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.92 0.81 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$10.18 4.32 tix
- 7 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Savai Triome$20.62 0.12 tix
- 1 Spara's Headquarters$13.50 0.26 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.38 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 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
- 2 Haywire Mite
$0.41
0.03 tix
- 1 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.31
0.10 tix
- 1 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.31
0.10 tix
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.38 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Temporary Lockdown
$0.32
0.13 tix
- 1 The Stone Brain
$0.45
1.22 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
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
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.51
5.17 tix
- 1 Force of Despair
$6.34
3.79 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.62
1.16 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 2 Pernicious Deed
$3.04
14.18 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (18)
- 3 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 2 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.20
0.01 tix
- 1 Drown in the Loch
$1.01
0.03 tix
- 4 Swords to Plowshares
$1.03
0.04 tix
Lands (19)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 3 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$8.98 7.50 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 2 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 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 1 Pest Control
$6.45
2.21 tix
- 1 Snuff Out
$5.61
9.84 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.20
0.01 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Triumph of Saint Katherine
$3.13
23.39 tix
