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Surgical Extraction 
Surgical Extraction appeared in 1,954 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 | 85 | 1.2 | 1400 | 1.4 |
| Legacy | 53 | 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: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (34)
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.79 6.50 tix
- 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
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 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
- 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
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 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: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (5)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix - 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.22
0.02 tix - 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix - 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix - 2 Shattering Spree
$0.93
0.22 tix
- 3 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (21)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (7)
Lands (19)
- 1 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
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (22)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 1 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
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
14.72 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.51
5.17 tix - 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 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 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Terminus
$0.30
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | 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
- 1 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
- 1 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.37
0.18 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.30 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (22)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.16 tix
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.12
2.43 tix
- 2 Counterbalance
$3.61
0.94 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Maddening Hex
$2.12
0.39 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$1.11
0.02 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 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.57 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
- 1 Gilded Drake
$195.28
5.39 tix
- 3 Phantasmal Image
$4.44
0.02 tix
- 2 Thieving Skydiver
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Vodalian Hexcatcher
$4.14
0.51 tix
- 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
$0.40
1.09 tix
- 3 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.57 tix
- 2 Hullbreacher
$1.73
8.35 tix
- 3 Tide Shaper
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 2 Harbinger of the Tides
$0.18
0.02 tix
- 3 Lord of Atlantis
$3.32
0.80 tix
- 4 Master of the Pearl Trident
$0.43
0.02 tix
- 3 Merfolk Trickster
$0.22
0.03 tix
Instants (6)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
14.72 tix
- 2 Cursed Totem
$1.13
0.19 tix
- 2 Damping Sphere
$1.01
1.22 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Gilded Drake
$195.28
5.39 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Umezawa's Jitte
$2.85
0.09 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (34)
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.79 6.50 tix
- 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
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 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
- 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
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 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: 3
Main Deck
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
- 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
- 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: 8 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (6)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 End the Festivities
$1.35
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 2 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 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 Sword of Feast and Famine
$36.03
0.02 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.52
0.04 tix
- 1 Court of Cunning
$4.06
1.86 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.80 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$113.82
9.25 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
- 2 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.02 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
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: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (7)
Lands (19)
- 1 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
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (5)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (22)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (8)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (22)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 1 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
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
14.72 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.51
5.17 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 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
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Terminus
$0.30
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 End the Festivities
$1.35
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 2 Narset, Parter of Veils
$1.11
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 2 Shattering Spree
$0.93
0.22 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
