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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: 8
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: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
- 1 Golgari Thug
$0.41
0.03 tix
- 4 Shambling Shell
$0.12
0.01 tix - 4 Narcomoeba
$0.33
0.02 tix - 4 Prized Amalgam
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 4 Stinkweed Imp
$1.10
0.03 tix
- 4 Grief
$2.98
0.22 tix
- 4 Ichorid
$0.61
0.26 tix
- 2 Street Wraith
$0.19
0.01 tix
- 1 Golgari Grave-Troll
$0.93
0.02 tix - 4 Hollow One
$0.31
0.10 tix - 1 Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
$1.26
0.06 tix
Sorceries (9)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Sorceries (9)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (10)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.91 tix - 1 Lotus Petal
$35.77
16.56 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
13.49 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.59 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.61 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
11.65 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.44 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
1.01 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.23
0.02 tix
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 4 Forbidden Orchard$9.43 0.02 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
Sideboard
- 3 Dismember
$2.91
3.54 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
$0.25
0.02 tix - 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
- 3 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (29)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.86 0.01 tix
- 3 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 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 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
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
- 2 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.69 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.17 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.62
1.16 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Pernicious Deed
$3.04
14.18 tix
- 1 Powder Keg
$33.16
24.65 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.57 0.01 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Winter Orb
$10.98
19.73 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
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
- 2 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
- 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
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Endurance
$3.96
4.00 tix
- 1 Titania, Voice of Gaea
$5.65
0.02 tix
- 1 Knight of Autumn
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 4 Knight of the Reliquary
$1.55
0.02 tix
- 4 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.22 tix
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Ramunap Excavator
$5.52
0.02 tix
- 1 Questing Beast
$2.50
0.25 tix
- 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 4 Noble Hierarch
$10.44
0.20 tix
- 1 Gaddock Teeg
$1.03
0.06 tix
- 2 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.21 tix
Lands (25)
- 1 Argoth, Sanctum of Nature$1.47 0.02 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 2 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Gaea's Cradle$310.45 15.19 tix
- 1 Horizon Canopy$2.13 0.18 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Maze of Ith$9.50 3.15 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.69 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.86 0.01 tix
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.17 tix
- 1 Choke
$0.65
0.82 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.57
0.10 tix
- 1 Crop Rotation
$3.42
2.13 tix
- 3 Deafening Silence
$1.06
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 2 Path to Exile
$1.03
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (11)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (28)
- 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
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.78
0.45 tix
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.94 tix
- 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
- 2 Price of Progress
$4.56
1.90 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Snuff Out
$5.61
9.84 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (21)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (15)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (7)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (6)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
- 3 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 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
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.24 0.09 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
- 3 Battle Cry Goblin
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Goblin Cratermaker
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Mogg War Marshal
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Stingscourger
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Goblin Warchief
$1.10
0.03 tix
- 3 "Name Sticker" Goblin
—
0.10 tix
- 4 Goblin Matron
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Gut, True Soul Zealot
$0.16
10.53 tix
- 1 Pashalik Mons
$2.10
0.02 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
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.23 tix
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.08
2.05 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.17 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Maddening Hex
$2.12
0.37 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
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Instants (7)
Artifacts (28)
- 1 Aetherflux Reservoir$20.59 0.02 tix
- 1 Manifold Key$1.27 0.03 tix
- 4 The One Ring$90.18 1.06 tix
- 4 Lotus Petal
$35.77
16.56 tix
- 4 Mishra's Bauble
$1.61
0.02 tix
- 4 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.42 tix
- 4 Urza's Bauble
$5.39
14.06 tix
- 1 Pyrite Spellbomb
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 4 Grim Monolith
$29.99
9.68 tix
- 1 Paradox Engine
$6.39
0.07 tix
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 4 Force of Negation$50.02 19.57 tix
- 1 Haywire Mite$0.41 0.03 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.73 1.78 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Ravenform$0.15 0.03 tix
- 1 Repeal
$0.07
0.01 tix
- 1 Snapback
$0.43
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern$0.22 0.02 tix
- 1 Spatial Contortion
$0.18
0.03 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
