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Surgical Extraction 
Surgical Extraction appeared in 1,953 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 | 91 | 1.2 | 1401 | 1.4 |
| Legacy | 57 | 1.4 | 539 | 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: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (10)
Lands (28)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.86 0.01 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 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
- 3 Flagstones of Trokair$4.11 0.09 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Lush Portico$4.48 0.46 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 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 2 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 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
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (9)
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
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix - 2 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 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: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (9)
Lands (20)
- 3 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.79 0.02 tix
- 3 Blood Crypt$9.49 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.49 0.02 tix
- 3 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.87 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.92 0.81 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Bonecrusher Giant
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Cursed Totem
$1.16
0.14 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 2 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 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: 7 | Swiss: 6
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: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (9)
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
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 2 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 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: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
Lands (22)
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.19 0.03 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 2 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Undercity Sewers$8.98 7.50 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.02 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
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
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (16)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Godless Shrine$8.10 0.03 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Lush Portico$4.48 0.46 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.92 0.81 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$10.18 4.32 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.73 1.78 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 3 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
- 3 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix - 1 Commandeer
$2.63
0.14 tix - 1 Fatal Push$0.42 0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.38 tix
- 1 Solitude
$33.40
5.00 tix - 2 Subtlety
$15.62
8.00 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (9)
Lands (20)
- 3 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.79 0.02 tix
- 3 Blood Crypt$9.49 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.49 0.02 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.87 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.87 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.92 0.81 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Raucous Theater$10.05 0.87 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Bonecrusher Giant
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Cursed Totem
$1.16
0.14 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 2 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 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: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Instants (22)
Lands (20)
- 4 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
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.92 0.81 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$10.18 4.32 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.73 1.78 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
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Artifacts (13)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (33)
- 2 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Blast Zone$0.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.86 0.01 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 3 Dark Depths$1.72 0.22 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.45 0.02 tix
- 1 Horizon Canopy$2.13 0.18 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 2 Maze of Ith$9.50 3.15 tix
- 1 Riftstone Portal$2.69 0.04 tix
- 2 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
- 3 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 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
- 2 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.69 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (22)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 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 Scrubland$215.00 4.38 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (12)
Lands (19)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 1 Taiga$215.00 3.47 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.24 0.09 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.23 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.17 tix - 2 Doorkeeper Thrull
$0.72
0.35 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (23)
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.49 0.02 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.87 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Underground Mortuary$12.89 1.51 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.51 13.97 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 4 Wooded Foothills$17.68 2.56 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | 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
- 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Solitude
$33.40
5.00 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.62
8.00 tix
- 2 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (9)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
- 2 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.79 0.02 tix
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.79 0.02 tix
- 4 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
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.57 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.57 0.01 tix
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire$11.17 0.16 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
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: 3 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (9)
Lands (20)
- 2 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.79 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.49 0.02 tix
- 3 Blood Crypt$9.49 0.02 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.87 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.92 0.81 tix
- 1 Mount Doom$8.19 0.02 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
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.76 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 2 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
- 2 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
$80.38
6.42 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
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
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.92 0.81 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Solitude
$33.40
5.00 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.62
8.00 tix
- 2 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
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
- 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Solitude
$33.40
5.00 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.62
8.00 tix
- 2 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
