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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: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Sorceries (15)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix - 2 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.15
0.02 tix - 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 2 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix - 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Ruination
$0.65
4.54 tix - 2 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Timeless Dragon
$0.22
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.23 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.91
3.54 tix
- 1 Experimental Augury
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 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
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (27)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (17)
Lands (22)
- 1 Darkslick Shores$1.96 0.02 tix
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.19 0.03 tix
- 4 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 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 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.02 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 2 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 2 City of Traitors$46.98 18.81 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.08
2.05 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.17 tix - 2 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 2 Fury
$0.69
0.70 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower— —
- 1 Dismember
$2.91
3.54 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Fatal Push$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (10)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
- 4 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 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.24 0.09 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 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 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
- 1 Tsabo's Web
$4.12
20.28 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.23 tix
- 2 Court of Cunning
$3.92
1.86 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 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
- 2 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 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: 1
Main Deck
Sorceries (17)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (23)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
$18.48
3.22 tix
- 1 Collective Brutality
$0.35
0.07 tix
- 2 Cut Down
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Empty the Warrens
$0.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Expedition Map
$1.49
0.02 tix
- 1 Grapeshot
$0.24
0.01 tix
- 1 Haywire Mite
$0.41
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Shadowspear
$18.20
0.56 tix
- 1 Surge Node
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.22
0.02 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (20)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
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: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 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 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (22)
- 3 Slip Out the Back$3.99 0.02 tix
- 2 Stifle$7.02 20.36 tix
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 2 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 3 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 2 Minor Misstep
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Stifle
$7.02
20.36 tix
Enchantments (4)
Lands (18)
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Gemstone Caverns$52.14 0.90 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 3 Prismatic Vista$25.57 2.51 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (10)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
- 4 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 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.24 0.09 tix
Sideboard
- 3 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.17 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Endurance
$3.96
4.00 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Terminus
$0.30
0.02 tix - 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
