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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: 6 |
Main Deck
Artifacts (14)
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 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 3 Maze of Ith$9.47 3.04 tix
- 3 Taiga$200.00 3.35 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
- 3 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.17 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (7)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (28)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.87 0.01 tix
- 2 Dark Depths$1.71 0.22 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.73 0.02 tix
- 1 Flagstones of Trokair$4.04 0.12 tix
- 1 Flagstones of Trokair$4.04 0.12 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
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 1 Taiga$200.00 3.35 tix
- 3 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
- 2 Choke
$0.65
0.82 tix - 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.57
0.10 tix - 2 Deafening Silence
$1.05
0.02 tix - 2 Endurance
$3.92
4.00 tix
- 3 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 1 Outland Liberator
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix - 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (21)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (21)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 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
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 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: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (15)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
14.72 tix
- 2 Brazen Borrower
$0.52
0.04 tix
- 2 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.73
8.35 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Opposition Agent
$18.71
6.79 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Snuff Out
$5.90
10.06 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (14)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
14.72 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix - 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (25)
- 3 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.81 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 4 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 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.21 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 4 Watery Grave$9.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (20)
Lands (19)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 7.68 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
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
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (22)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (22)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (22)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.61
0.94 tix
- 1 Court of Cunning
$4.06
1.86 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 2 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
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.43 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (7)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (6)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.52
0.04 tix
- 1 Cast into the Fire
$0.78
0.34 tix
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.61
0.94 tix
- 1 Court of Cunning
$4.06
1.86 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 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 (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.81 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.67 1.00 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 1 The Black Gate$9.34 4.01 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.21 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Watery Grave$9.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.44 0.02 tix
