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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 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Sorceries (9)
Instants (7)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (25)
- 3 Arid Mesa$30.13 3.48 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.45 0.02 tix
- 3 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.81 tix
- 4 Dwarven Mine$0.19 0.03 tix
- 1 Jetmir's Garden$16.99 0.17 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$10.51 0.17 tix
- 1 Savai Triome$20.80 0.12 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.82 0.18 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$7.32 0.03 tix
- 3 Wooded Foothills$16.58 2.65 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.18 0.06 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix - 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.50 9.94 tix
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.12
2.43 tix - 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.49
3.25 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix - 2 Hallowed Moonlight
$0.31
0.03 tix - 1 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.31
0.10 tix - 1 Strike It Rich
$3.78
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Turn the Earth
$0.25
0.03 tix - 2 Veil of Summer
$3.24
0.02 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.25
4.90 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (21)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (20)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Sorceries (1)
Instants (18)
- 1 Force of Negation$50.42 20.20 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix - 4 Crop Rotation
$3.37
2.15 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
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 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
0.99 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$21.02
0.02 tix
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.87 0.01 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 3 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 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 2.89 tix
- 4 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.61 13.14 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (16)
Lands (16)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.82 0.18 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Sorceries (11)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
14.72 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 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
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 1 Ruination
$0.59
4.54 tix
- 1 Serenity
$0.29
3.11 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (13)
Enchantments (10)
Lands (31)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 3 Prismatic Vista$25.36 2.48 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$0.98 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.49 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.34 0.01 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
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
14.72 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.51
5.17 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 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
- 1 Terminus
$0.30
0.02 tix - 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Artifacts (7)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Deafening Silence
$1.05
0.02 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.85
0.03 tix
- 2 Loran of the Third Path
$3.82
0.13 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Powder Keg
$33.16
24.65 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.30 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Artifacts (12)
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
- 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
- 2 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
- 3 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Tower of the Magistrate$1.75 2.18 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: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (5)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast$1.29 14.72 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.52
0.04 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 2 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 4 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
- 1 Thassa's Oracle
$21.04
0.10 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Sorceries (5)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (7)
Lands (35)
- 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
- 4 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
- 3 Maze of Ith$9.47 3.04 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
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.61 13.14 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.21 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Waterlogged Grove$0.60 0.02 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$11.22 0.83 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.58 2.65 tix
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.17 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Court of Cunning
$4.06
1.86 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
- 1 Engineered Plague
$7.77
7.95 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$113.82
9.25 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (7)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 2 Deafening Silence
$1.05
0.02 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 3 Terminus
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 1 The Wandering Emperor
$4.45
1.27 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
- 2 Ancient Tomb$48.79 6.50 tix
- 1 City of Traitors$47.42 18.26 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.21 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.50 9.94 tix
- 3 Carpet of Flowers
$1.51
5.17 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Life from the Loam
$4.76
2.18 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 The Filigree Sylex
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
$2.52
0.60 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.24
0.02 tix
