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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: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Sorceries (15)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Prismatic Vista$25.36 2.48 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$0.98 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.49 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Plains$0.34 0.01 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix - 1 Counterbalance
$3.61
0.94 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.33
0.43 tix - 1 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix - 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.30 tix
- 1 Ruination
$0.59
4.54 tix - 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.43 tix - 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (15)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Collector Ouphe
$2.57
0.10 tix - 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Life from the Loam
$4.76
2.18 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$1.11
0.02 tix
- 2 Pernicious Deed
$3.04
14.18 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 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: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (15)
Lands (18)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.67 1.00 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.06 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$0.98 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.34 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.62 0.01 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (21)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (24)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.81 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.67 1.00 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.61
0.94 tix
- 1 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 Null Rod
$113.82
9.25 tix
- 1 Palantír of Orthanc
$21.79
0.02 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (15)
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix - 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.06 tix
- 2 Assassin's Trophy
$0.68
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 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (18)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.81 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.67 1.00 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
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.21 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Watery Grave$9.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
14.72 tix
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.61
0.94 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$113.82
9.25 tix
- 1 Palantír of Orthanc
$21.79
0.02 tix
- 2 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 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (18)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.67 1.00 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.06 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$0.98 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.34 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.62 0.01 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (20)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
14.72 tix
- 1 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 Null Rod
$113.82
9.25 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 3 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 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.69
1.60 tix
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (20)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (18)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.67 1.00 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.06 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$0.98 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.34 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.62 0.01 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (21)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (13)
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 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Maze of Ith$9.47 3.04 tix
- 1 Maze of Ith$9.47 3.04 tix
- 2 Rishadan Port$7.99 19.43 tix
- 3 Taiga$200.00 3.35 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
- 1 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 2 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 |