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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: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (3)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Instants (7)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (10)
Planeswalkers (2)
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
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 2 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
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 3 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
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.23 tix - 1 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.94 tix
- 1 Court of Cunning
$3.92
1.86 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix - 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.01
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 3 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix - 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Censor
$0.33
0.03 tix - 1 Propaganda
$2.08
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.26
0.68 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
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: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.23 tix
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.94 tix
- 1 Court of Cunning
$3.92
1.86 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 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 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.01
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (11)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.23 tix
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.94 tix
- 1 Court of Cunning
$3.92
1.86 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 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 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.01
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Tsabo's Web
$4.12
20.28 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | 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: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.17 tix - 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.57
0.10 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 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.62
1.16 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
