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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: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (9)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (20)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 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 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 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 - 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix - 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix - 1 Forth Eorlingas!
$3.74
10.97 tix - 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (14)
Lands (20)
- 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 Xander's Lounge$13.24 0.09 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (11)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (28)
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 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
- 1 Raffine's Tower$14.09 0.20 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Taiga$215.00 3.47 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.23 tix
- 3 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.17 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
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Brazen Borrower
$0.51
0.04 tix
- 3 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 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 Malevolent Hermit
$1.50
0.02 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.20
0.01 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 The One Ring
$90.18
1.06 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.91
3.54 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 2 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
$6.47
2.78 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 2 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Shadowspear
$18.20
0.56 tix
- 1 Snuff Out
$5.61
9.84 tix
- 1 Snuff Out
$5.61
9.84 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (9)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (21)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 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 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raffine's Tower$14.09 0.20 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 1 Taiga$215.00 3.47 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 3 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.23 tix
- 3 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.17 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.91
3.54 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 2 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
$6.47
2.78 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 2 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Shadowspear
$18.20
0.56 tix
- 2 Snuff Out
$5.61
9.84 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
- 3 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 2 City of Traitors$46.98 18.81 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
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 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
- 2 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: 5 | 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
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (21)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.57
0.10 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.62
1.16 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 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: 5 | 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
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.91
3.54 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 2 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
$6.47
2.78 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 2 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Shadowspear
$18.20
0.56 tix
- 2 Snuff Out
$5.61
9.84 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Court of Cunning
$3.92
1.86 tix
- 2 Dauthi Voidwalker
$3.20
0.48 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 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 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: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Instants (4)
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 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 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
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.69 0.02 tix
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.69 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 3 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 3 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 1 Unholy Heat
$0.31
0.01 tix
- 2 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Stern Dismissal
$0.11
0.03 tix
Lands (18)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 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 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 4 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 1 Painful Truths
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Price of Progress
$4.56
1.90 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.30 tix
