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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: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (8)
Lands (35)
- 1 Blast Zone$0.33 0.02 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 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Grove of the Burnwillows$5.87 1.04 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 2 Maze of Ith$9.47 3.04 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 2 Rishadan Port$7.99 19.43 tix
- 2 Taiga$200.00 3.35 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
- 4 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 Wooded Foothills$16.58 2.65 tix
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.17 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Choke
$0.65
0.82 tix - 4 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix - 1 Haywire Mite
$0.41
0.04 tix
- 1 Punishing Fire
$0.29
0.04 tix - 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Thran Foundry
$0.33
0.04 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Instants (5)
Artifacts (13)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (34)
- 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
- 3 Dark Depths$1.71 0.22 tix
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire$5.28 0.15 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 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 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
- 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: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (9)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.16 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$6.02
4.76 tix - 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.04
0.02 tix - 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Grindstone
$3.03
1.50 tix
- 1 Karn, the Great Creator
$3.21
0.10 tix - 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.76
0.02 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.18
1.20 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Portable Hole
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Sorceries (7)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (11)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
49.65 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.23
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
13.49 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
21.35 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.29 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
29.98 tix
- 1 Manifold Key
$1.33
0.03 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
0.99 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.11
0.02 tix
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.50 9.94 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 2 Forbidden Orchard$9.50 0.02 tix
- 2 Forbidden Orchard$9.50 0.02 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 2.89 tix
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.61 13.14 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Dismember
$2.82
3.10 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix - 3 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$113.82
9.25 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
$0.25
0.02 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (22)
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix - 4 Dark Ritual
$3.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Demonic Consultation
$7.34
0.87 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 3 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (22)
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 4 Dark Ritual
$3.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Demonic Consultation
$7.34
0.87 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 3 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Counterbalance
$3.61
0.94 tix
- 1 Darkblast
$0.41
0.02 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 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.43 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 4 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (21)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Sorceries (9)
Instants (15)
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.76
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.50 9.94 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 4 Forbidden Orchard$9.50 0.02 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (9)
Lands (10)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (7)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.78
0.34 tix
- 1 Court of Cunning
$4.06
1.86 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 Hymn to Tourach
$0.50
0.04 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 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.43 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (7)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (29)
- 1 Blast Zone$0.33 0.02 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
- 1 Plateau$200.00 2.87 tix
- 2 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 2 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Taiga$200.00 3.35 tix
- 2 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 4 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
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.57
0.10 tix
- 2 Deafening Silence
$1.05
0.02 tix
- 1 Endurance
$3.92
4.00 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 1 Glacial Chasm$22.60 11.63 tix
- 1 Outland Liberator
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.04
0.02 tix
- 3 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Tower of the Magistrate$1.75 2.18 tix
