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Surgical Extraction 
Surgical Extraction appeared in 1,955 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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or 2 life.)
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: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (9)
Lands (33)
- 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
- 2 Dark Depths$1.72 0.22 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.45 0.02 tix
- 1 Grove of the Burnwillows$5.83 0.93 tix
- 2 Grove of the Burnwillows$5.83 0.93 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 2 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
- 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
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.69 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (16)
Lands (19)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$8.98 7.50 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.17 tix - 1 Dismember
$2.91
3.54 tix - 1 Force of Despair
$6.34
3.79 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix - 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix - 1 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 Pernicious Deed
$3.04
14.18 tix
- 1 Pick Your Poison
$0.31
—
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (22)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.08
2.05 tix - 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.17 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix - 1 Pick Your Poison
$0.31
—
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.23 tix
- 2 Court of Cunning
$3.92
1.86 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.01
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
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 Hedge Maze$10.73 1.75 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 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 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.76 tix
- 1 Commandeer
$2.63
0.14 tix - 1 Damn
$1.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.51
3.23 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.38 tix
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.38 tix
- 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 2 Subtlety
$15.62
8.00 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (21)
Lands (23)
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.19 0.03 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.73 1.78 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$8.98 7.50 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$8.98 7.50 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.02 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Thundering Falls$14.61 7.12 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 4 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (9)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 1 Taiga$215.00 3.47 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.67 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
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
Lands (22)
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.19 0.03 tix
- 4 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea$4.94 0.02 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.73 1.78 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 2 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Undercity Sewers$8.98 7.50 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.02 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.78
0.45 tix
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.94 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 2 Price of Progress
$4.56
1.90 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix - 2 Surgical Extraction$1.33 5.94 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Back to Basics
$3.52
13.01 tix
- 2 Brazen Borrower
$0.51
0.04 tix
- 2 Dauthi Voidwalker
$3.20
0.48 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.91
3.54 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Opposition Agent
$18.98
6.79 tix
- 1 Powder Keg
$33.16
24.65 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.30 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (9)
Lands (33)
- 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
- 2 Dark Depths$1.72 0.22 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.45 0.02 tix
- 3 Grove of the Burnwillows$5.83 0.93 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 2 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
- 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
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.69 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 3 Dauthi Voidwalker
$3.20
0.48 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.91
3.54 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Murktide Regent
$7.29
5.49 tix
- 1 Opposition Agent
$18.98
6.79 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.43
0.27 tix
- 1 Stern Dismissal
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Tsabo's Web
$4.12
20.28 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.30 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 3 Dauthi Voidwalker
$3.20
0.48 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.91
3.54 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Murktide Regent
$7.29
5.49 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 1 Opposition Agent
$18.98
6.79 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.43
0.27 tix
- 1 Stern Dismissal
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.30 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (13)
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: 5
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: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (22)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.08
2.05 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.17 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Pick Your Poison
$0.31
—
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix