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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 $1.35.
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: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (11)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (28)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 2 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raffine's Tower$14.14 0.20 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 1 Taiga$200.00 3.35 tix
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Dauthi Voidwalker
$3.20
0.48 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix - 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix - 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$1.11
0.02 tix - 1 Null Rod
$113.82
9.25 tix - 1 Palantír of Orthanc
$21.79
0.02 tix - 1 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.03
0.03 tix
- 1 Snuff Out
$5.90
10.06 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.43 tix - 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.69
1.60 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 9
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (15)
Lands (20)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 7.68 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.47 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.81 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.80 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix - 1 Null Rod
$113.82
9.25 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.69
1.60 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
- 1 Lion Sash
$2.36
0.02 tix - 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Spirit of the Labyrinth
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 4 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.20 tix
- 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 4 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Extraction Specialist
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 2 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.37
0.18 tix
- 2 Solitude
$33.54
5.00 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.34
2.21 tix
- 2 Serra Avenger
$0.47
0.02 tix
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 2 Cataclysm
$1.34
12.22 tix
- 2 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.08 tix
- 2 Deafening Silence
$1.05
0.02 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Loran of the Third Path
$3.82
0.13 tix
- 1 Palantír of Orthanc
$21.79
0.02 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.30 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (6)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 1 Taiga$200.00 3.35 tix
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.18 0.06 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
14.72 tix
- 4 Carpet of Flowers
$1.51
5.17 tix - 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Terminus
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.24
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (6)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 1 Taiga$200.00 3.35 tix
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.18 0.06 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.78
0.34 tix
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.61
0.94 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.03
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (3)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.78
0.34 tix
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.61
0.94 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$113.82
9.25 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
$0.62
0.02 tix
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.03
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.57
0.10 tix
- 1 Court of Cunning
$4.06
1.86 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.82
3.10 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$1.11
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.16 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All$17.38 0.02 tix
- 3 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 2 Fury
$0.70
0.70 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Palantír of Orthanc
$21.79
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
14.72 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 2 Narset, Parter of Veils
$1.11
0.02 tix
- 2 Opposition Agent
$18.71
6.79 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 Snuff Out
$5.90
10.06 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Void Rend
$0.34
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Sorceries (13)
Instants (21)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.78
0.34 tix
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.61
0.94 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.03
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (3)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (25)
- 4 Lotus Petal
$35.77
16.56 tix - 4 Mishra's Bauble
$1.61
0.02 tix
- 4 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.74 tix
- 1 Urza's Bauble
$5.39
13.12 tix
- 1 Manifold Key
$1.33
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyrite Spellbomb
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 4 Grim Monolith
$30.19
8.93 tix
- 1 The One Ring
$90.78
0.99 tix
- 1 The One Ring
$90.78
0.99 tix
- 2 The One Ring
$90.78
0.99 tix
- 1 Paradox Engine
$6.31
0.07 tix
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Instants (6)
Artifacts (13)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (33)
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.79 6.50 tix
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.79 6.50 tix
- 1 Blast Zone$0.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.87 0.01 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.50 9.94 tix
- 2 Dark Depths$1.71 0.22 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Horizon Canopy$2.13 0.18 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 2 Maze of Ith$9.47 3.04 tix
- 1 Riftstone Portal$2.69 0.04 tix
- 2 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
- 3 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Tranquil Thicket$0.09 0.03 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.61 13.14 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$11.22 0.83 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.58 2.65 tix
- 2 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.17 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (3)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
