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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: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.01
0.03 tix - 2 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix - 1 Sauron's Ransom
$0.59
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix - 2 Murderous Cut
$0.32
0.03 tix - 2 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 2 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.20
0.01 tix
- 1 Stifle
$7.02
20.36 tix
- 1 Stifle
$7.02
20.36 tix
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.17 tix - 2 Dismember
$2.91
3.54 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix - 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Instants (7)
Artifacts (9)
Lands (34)
- 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
- 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
- 2 Taiga$215.00 3.47 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
- 3 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: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix - 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.08
2.05 tix
- 1 Flame Slash
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 3 Pick Your Poison
$0.31
—
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.20
0.01 tix
- 3 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.26
0.68 tix
- 1 Underworld Breach
$7.93
0.02 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
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
- 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: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (23)
- 2 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix - 2 Dark Ritual
$3.35
0.02 tix
- 2 Dark Ritual
$3.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Demonic Consultation
$7.35
1.07 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 3 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 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 2 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Sorceries (8)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (24)
- 4 Arid Mesa$30.09 3.34 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.49 0.02 tix
- 3 Dwarven Mine$0.19 0.03 tix
- 1 Elegant Parlor$8.26 4.93 tix
- 1 Ketria Triome$17.22 0.15 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.36 0.14 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$10.25 0.19 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.85 0.21 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$7.34 0.02 tix
- 4 Wooded Foothills$17.68 2.56 tix
- 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground$9.66 0.09 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
$15.22
0.02 tix - 1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
$3.70
0.02 tix
- 2 Pick Your Poison
$0.31
—
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Terastodon
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Terastodon
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
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: 7
Main Deck
Instants (7)
Artifacts (9)
Lands (34)
- 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
- 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
- 2 Taiga$215.00 3.47 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
- 3 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: 1 | 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
- 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
- 3 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: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (12)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
- 2 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.08
0.03 tix - 2 Cursed Totem
$1.16
0.14 tix
- 2 Damnation
$15.31
0.09 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.51
3.23 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.02 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.30 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 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 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
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 1 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: 3 | Swiss: 4
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
Sorceries (4)
Artifacts (13)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (33)
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 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
- 2 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 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 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
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Choke
$0.65
0.82 tix
- 2 Deafening Silence
$1.06
0.02 tix
- 1 Endurance
$3.96
4.00 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Haywire Mite
$0.41
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.03
0.04 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.03
0.04 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.93
0.40 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Instants (7)
Artifacts (9)
Lands (34)
- 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
- 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
- 2 Taiga$215.00 3.47 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
- 3 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: 2 | Swiss: 4
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 (32)
- 4 Vodalian Hexcatcher
$4.14
0.51 tix
- 3 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
$0.40
1.09 tix
- 4 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.26
0.68 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.62
8.00 tix
- 2 Rishadan Dockhand
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Rishadan Dockhand
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 4 Tide Shaper
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 4 Lord of Atlantis
$3.25
0.96 tix
- 4 Master of the Pearl Trident
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 3 Merfolk Trickster
$0.22
0.03 tix
Instants (4)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.76 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.76 tix
- 2 Cursed Totem
$1.16
0.14 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Hibernation
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 2 Spreading Seas
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Stern Scolding
$0.30
0.33 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.62
8.00 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (15)
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 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.51
3.23 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
- 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: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (5)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
