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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: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (7)
Lands (27)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.87 0.01 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.50 9.94 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$48.92 0.52 tix
- 4 Cloudpost$0.29 0.04 tix
- 1 Dark Depths$1.71 0.22 tix
- 1 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.13 tix
- 4 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Glacial Chasm$22.60 11.63 tix
- 4 Glimmerpost$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
- 2 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 2 Vesuva$2.12 0.02 tix
- 2 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.17 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
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
- 2 Rishadan Port$7.99 19.43 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
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.61 13.14 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 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: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 2 Orcish Bowmasters$47.86 7.19 tix
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
$47.86
7.19 tix - 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.57
0.10 tix - 1 Outland Liberator
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Scryb Ranger
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Endurance
$3.92
4.00 tix
- 3 Knight of the Reliquary
$1.55
0.02 tix - 1 Renegade Rallier
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix - 1 Questing Beast
$2.50
0.25 tix
- 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 3 Fiend Artisan
$4.23
0.36 tix - 2 Ignoble Hierarch
$0.96
0.09 tix
- 3 Noble Hierarch
$10.53
0.20 tix
- 3 Mother of Runes
$8.34
2.21 tix
Instants (7)
Lands (23)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.47 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.73 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Gaea's Cradle$310.45 14.75 tix
- 1 Horizon Canopy$2.13 0.18 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Nurturing Peatland$6.65 1.23 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.06 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.21 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$11.22 0.83 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.52
0.04 tix - 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
$3.20
0.48 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.80 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix - 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Palantír of Orthanc
$21.79
0.02 tix - 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Powder Keg
$33.16
24.65 tix
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.03
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (9)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (22)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Dauthi Voidwalker
$3.20
0.48 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$113.82
9.25 tix
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.03
0.03 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.43 tix - 1 Subtlety
$15.67
8.00 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.69
1.60 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (22)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.47 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.73 0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.06 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$0.98 0.01 tix
- 1 Taiga$200.00 3.35 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.21 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$11.22 0.83 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.52
0.04 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.80 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$113.82
9.25 tix
- 1 Palantír of Orthanc
$21.79
0.02 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.03
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.02 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.52
0.04 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.80 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 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
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.03
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor$0.48 0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.57
0.10 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix - 1 Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes
$1.96
0.40 tix
- 1 Price of Progress
$4.67
1.95 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.43 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.24
0.02 tix
- 1 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.79 6.50 tix
- 2 Ancient Tomb$48.79 6.50 tix
- 2 City of Traitors$47.42 18.26 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.16 tix
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.12
2.43 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.51
5.17 tix
- 2 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 2 Fury
$0.70
0.70 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.73
8.35 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (8)
Lands (27)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.87 0.01 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.50 9.94 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$48.92 0.52 tix
- 4 Cloudpost$0.29 0.04 tix
- 1 Dark Depths$1.71 0.22 tix
- 1 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.13 tix
- 4 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Glacial Chasm$22.60 11.63 tix
- 4 Glimmerpost$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
- 2 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 2 Vesuva$2.12 0.02 tix
- 2 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.17 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (17)
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.52
0.04 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.80 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 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 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
$1.03
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.52
0.04 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.82
3.10 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.80 tix
- 1 Fatal Push$0.42 0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 2 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
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (22)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (22)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.80 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$113.82
9.25 tix
- 2 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
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
