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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 | 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: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
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 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
- 2 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 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: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower— —
- 1 Dismember
$2.91
3.54 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix - 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 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: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (22)
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.19 0.03 tix
- 1 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
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.57 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.02 0.02 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.02 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Crypt Incursion
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Cursed Totem
$1.16
0.14 tix
- 1 Eliminate
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 2 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.98
4.76 tix
- 3 Extirpate
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Ghost Quarter$0.45 0.02 tix
- 1 Go for the Throat
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
- 3 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 1 City of Traitors$46.98 18.81 tix
- 1 City of Traitors$46.98 18.81 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 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 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
- 2 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 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: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.24 0.09 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Forth Eorlingas!
$3.74
10.97 tix - 2 Hullbreacher
$1.67
8.35 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Pernicious Deed
$3.04
14.18 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.20
0.01 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
- 3 Battle Cry Goblin
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 2 Mogg War Marshal
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Stingscourger
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 3 "Name Sticker" Goblin
—
0.10 tix
- 3 Broadside Bombardiers
$3.82
9.44 tix
- 4 Goblin Matron
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 2 Sling-Gang Lieutenant
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 3 Goblin Ringleader
$0.55
0.03 tix
- 1 Twinshot Sniper
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 2 Muxus, Goblin Grandee
$12.82
4.46 tix - 3 Munitions Expert
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 4 Goblin Lackey
$11.27
1.68 tix
- 2 Skirk Prospector
$0.34
0.03 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.76 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.76 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.69
0.70 tix
- 1 Goblin Trashmaster
$6.08
0.03 tix
- 3 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Pyrokinesis
$1.59
7.77 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (9)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (7)
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 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 1 Taiga$215.00 3.47 tix
- 3 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 (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.94 tix
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.94 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 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 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Unholy Heat
$0.31
0.01 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.17 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.91
3.54 tix
- 1 Haywire Mite
$0.41
0.03 tix
- 1 Life from the Loam
$4.76
2.00 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Shadowspear
$18.20
0.56 tix
- 2 Snuff Out
$5.61
9.84 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (15)
Lands (20)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 7.74 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.87 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 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
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes
$2.04
0.40 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Unholy Heat
$0.31
0.01 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.78
0.45 tix
- 2 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.94 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (13)
Enchantments (8)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (21)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 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 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 2 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: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
- 3 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
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 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
- 2 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 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
