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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: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (9)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Angrath's Rampage
$0.30
0.03 tix - 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix - 2 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
- 2 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 1 Liliana of the Veil
$4.85
0.69 tix
- 1 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: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (9)
Lands (20)
- 3 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
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire$11.17 0.16 tix
- 3 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 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
- 1 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: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
- 1 Haywire Mite
$0.41
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Artist
$1.86
0.02 tix
- 4 Orcish Bowmasters
$46.38
7.36 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 tix - 4 Wall of Roots
$0.21
3.90 tix
- 1 Endurance
$3.96
4.00 tix
- 4 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
$26.85
1.91 tix
- 1 Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 4 Delighted Halfling
$27.06
0.10 tix
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
$0.95
0.13 tix
- 4 Young Wolf
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Strangleroot Geist
$0.14
0.03 tix
Lands (22)
- 3 Blooming Marsh$2.01 0.06 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 2 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Nurturing Peatland$6.65 1.30 tix
- 2 Overgrown Tomb$9.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Pendelhaven$2.31 1.25 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire$11.17 0.16 tix
- 1 Twilight Mire$0.37 0.02 tix
- 2 Underground Mortuary$12.89 1.51 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Assassin's Trophy
$0.68
0.02 tix
- 1 Endurance
$3.96
4.00 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 1 Fulminator Mage
$1.14
0.02 tix - 1 Legion's End
$0.13
0.02 tix
- 1 Maelstrom Pulse
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 2 Pick Your Poison
$0.31
—
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Soulless Jailer
$1.27
0.49 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
Final: 5 | 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
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.92 0.81 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 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: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 4 Orcish Bowmasters
$46.38
7.36 tix
- 1 Lion Sash
$2.39
0.02 tix
- 4 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.22 tix
- 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 2 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 3 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Extraction Specialist
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Loran of the Third Path
$3.63
0.23 tix
- 4 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.22
0.20 tix
- 1 Serra Paragon
$0.51
0.20 tix
- 4 Solitude
$33.40
5.00 tix
- 1 Canoptek Scarab Swarm
$12.66
32.50 tix - 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.21 tix
Sorceries (3)
Lands (33)
- 2 Arid Mesa$30.09 3.34 tix
- 2 Cavern of Souls$50.28 0.52 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 4 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 4 Marsh Flats$31.92 0.81 tix
- 5 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Prismatic Vista$25.57 2.51 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 3 Scrubland$215.00 4.38 tix
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet$9.57 1.22 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (10)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (21)
- 1 Castle Locthwain$3.66 0.31 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.92 0.81 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.92 0.81 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.92 0.81 tix
- 2 Mishra's Factory$0.15 0.03 tix
- 3 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$57.90 0.03 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$57.90 0.03 tix
- 2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$57.90 0.03 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.51 13.97 tix
Sideboard
- 3 Break the Ice
$0.27
0.06 tix
- 1 Cursed Totem
$1.16
0.14 tix
- 1 Damnation
$15.31
0.09 tix
- 2 Damping Sphere
$1.03
1.16 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Instants (8)
Lands (21)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.34 0.02 tix
- 1 Commercial District$6.84 0.96 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
- 2 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Cursed Totem
$1.16
0.14 tix
- 2 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
$6.47
2.78 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.30
0.02 tix - 2 Legion's End
$0.13
0.02 tix
- 3 Pick Your Poison
$0.31
—
- 1 Reprieve
$1.37
0.15 tix
- 1 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.27
4.72 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Sorceries (10)
Instants (9)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (24)
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.09 3.34 tix
- 3 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.87 tix
- 3 Dwarven Mine$0.19 0.03 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.26 4.93 tix
- 1 Jetmir's Garden$16.88 0.17 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raucous Theater$10.05 0.87 tix
- 2 Sacred Foundry$10.25 0.19 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.85 0.21 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$7.34 0.02 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$17.68 2.56 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.24 0.09 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (9)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Angrath's Rampage
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 2 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
- 1 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: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (9)
Lands (20)
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.79 0.02 tix
- 2 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.79 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.49 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.49 0.02 tix
- 2 Blood Crypt$9.49 0.02 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.87 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.92 0.81 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire$11.17 0.16 tix
- 3 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Angrath's Rampage
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.76 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 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 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 1 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 1 Liliana of the Veil
$4.85
0.69 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (23)
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.34 0.02 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 1 Indatha Triome$17.67 6.79 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$10.18 4.32 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.36 0.14 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$10.25 0.19 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.85 0.21 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$7.34 0.02 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.38 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.68 2.56 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 2 Dovin's Veto
$1.98
0.03 tix
- 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
$22.24
0.02 tix
- 1 Endurance
$3.96
4.00 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 2 Obsidian Charmaw
$1.70
2.22 tix
- 1 Pick Your Poison
$0.31
—
- 1 Reprieve
$1.37
0.15 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.33 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.27
4.72 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (9)
Lands (20)
- 3 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.79 0.02 tix
- 4 Blood Crypt$9.49 0.02 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.87 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.92 0.81 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.92 0.81 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire$11.17 0.16 tix
- 3 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 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.76 tix
- 2 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
- 2 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 1 Liliana of the Veil
$4.85
0.69 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
$80.38
6.42 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 5 | 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
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 2 Kolaghan's Command
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Legion's End
$0.13
0.02 tix
- 2 Liliana of the Veil
$4.85
0.69 tix
- 2 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.30 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (6)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (23)
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 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 Lush Portico$4.48 0.46 tix
- 1 Meticulous Archive$10.18 4.32 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$10.25 0.19 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.85 0.21 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.38 0.02 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.24 0.09 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.51
3.23 tix
- 2 Endurance
$3.96
4.00 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard$0.84 0.02 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Lands (22)
- 3 Field of Ruin$0.19 0.03 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 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: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (11)
Lands (29)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 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
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.61 7.12 tix
- 3 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 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 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
- 1 Doorkeeper Thrull
$0.72
0.35 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Terminus
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 3 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.17 tix
- 2 Doorkeeper Thrull
$0.72
0.35 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Endurance
$3.96
4.00 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Tsabo's Web
$4.12
20.28 tix
