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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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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 | 87 | 1.2 | 1401 | 1.4 |
| Legacy | 55 | 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: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (17)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix - 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix - 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.25
0.02 tix - 2 March of Otherworldly Light
$0.84
2.38 tix - 2 Snuff Out
$5.61
9.84 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.03
0.04 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (12)
Lands (22)
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.19 0.03 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.02 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Collector Ouphe
$2.57
0.10 tix - 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 2 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Silent Gravestone
$0.34
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
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: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (11)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (19)
Lands (21)
- 3 Field of Ruin$0.19 0.03 tix
- 1 Field of Ruin$0.19 0.03 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.73 1.78 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 2 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 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: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.23 tix
- 2 Brazen Borrower
$0.51
0.04 tix
- 3 Dauthi Voidwalker
$3.20
0.48 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.91
3.54 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix - 1 Powder Keg
$33.16
24.65 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (19)
Lands (21)
- 3 Field of Ruin$0.19 0.03 tix
- 1 Field of Ruin$0.19 0.03 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.73 1.78 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 2 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 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: 4
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
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 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
- 1 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: 1 | Swiss: 6
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: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (16)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Chill
$0.62
11.94 tix
- 1 Dystopia
$30.46
43.13 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 1 Opposition Agent
$18.98
6.79 tix
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.01
0.03 tix
- 1 Snuff Out
$5.61
9.84 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Tsabo's Web
$4.12
20.28 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | 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: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 2 Dauthi Voidwalker
$3.20
0.48 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Hullbreacher
$1.67
8.35 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Powder Keg
$33.16
24.65 tix
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.01
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (11)
Lands (28)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 1 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
- 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
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.38 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 3 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 3 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
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.57
0.10 tix
- 1 Endurance
$3.96
4.00 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 1 Gaddock Teeg
$1.03
0.06 tix
- 2 Get Lost
$3.52
0.78 tix
- 1 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 1 Outland Liberator
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 2 Path to Exile
$1.03
0.02 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.93
0.40 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (19)
Lands (21)
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.19 0.03 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 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
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.73 1.78 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 2 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 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: 3 | Swiss: 3
