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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: 4
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 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix - 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 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
- 2 Stifle
$7.02
20.06 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.69
1.60 tix
Final: 6 | 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
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | 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: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (29)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.47 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.47 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.87 0.01 tix
- 2 Dark Depths$1.71 0.22 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.73 0.02 tix
- 2 Flagstones of Trokair$4.04 0.12 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Maze of Ith$9.47 3.04 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.06 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 3 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.21 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$11.22 0.83 tix
- 2 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.17 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.51
5.17 tix - 1 Choke
$0.65
0.82 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.57
0.10 tix
- 1 Deafening Silence
$1.05
0.02 tix - 1 Endurance
$3.92
4.00 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 1 Grist, the Hunger Tide
$0.39
0.55 tix
- 1 Outland Liberator
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
$5.34
0.06 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.88
0.43 tix
- 1 Urza's Saga$35.61 13.14 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.52
0.04 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.80 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 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 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
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Sorceries (16)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (21)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 3 Prismatic Vista$25.36 2.48 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.36 2.48 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.34 0.01 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.80 tix
- 2 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.04
0.02 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 2 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix - 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Ruination
$0.59
4.54 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Timeless Dragon
$0.22
0.02 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (8)
Lands (29)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 7.47 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.87 0.01 tix
- 2 Dark Depths$1.71 0.22 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.73 0.02 tix
- 2 Flagstones of Trokair$4.04 0.12 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Maze of Ith$9.47 3.04 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 2 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 3 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$11.22 0.83 tix
- 2 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.17 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.50 9.94 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.57
0.10 tix
- 2 Deafening Silence
$1.05
0.02 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
$47.86
7.19 tix
- 1 Outland Liberator
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.04
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 3 Thoughtseize
$6.69
1.60 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
- 3 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
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.16 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 Kozilek's Return
$0.33
0.43 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 (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | 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: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Instants (6)
Artifacts (13)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (33)
- 2 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
- 4 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: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (9)
Planeswalkers (2)
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 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 1 Taiga$200.00 3.35 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 3 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Zagoth Triome$24.57 0.03 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (3)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 3 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 3 Urza's Saga$35.61 13.14 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (7)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (28)
- 3 Bayou$226.24 7.47 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.87 0.01 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.50 9.94 tix
- 3 Dark Depths$1.71 0.22 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.73 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Nurturing Peatland$6.65 1.23 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$57.13 0.03 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$57.13 0.03 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.21 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.17 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Sorceries (16)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (20)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 2 Assassin's Trophy
$0.68
0.02 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.49
3.25 tix - 2 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$113.82
9.25 tix
- 2 Opposition Agent
$18.71
6.79 tix
- 1 Pernicious Deed
$3.04
14.18 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.24
0.02 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: 4 | Swiss: 3
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
