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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: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (20)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.47 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.50 9.94 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.21 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.51
5.17 tix - 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.57
0.10 tix - 1 Endurance
$3.92
4.00 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix - 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix - 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.45
0.02 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 Run Afoul
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Seeds of Innocence
$6.64
4.41 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Artifacts (8)
Lands (22)
- 3 Ancient Tomb$48.79 6.50 tix
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.79 6.50 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$48.92 0.52 tix
- 2 Cavern of Souls$48.92 0.52 tix
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire$5.28 0.15 tix
- 2 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.61 13.14 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix - 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.49
3.25 tix - 3 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 2 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.85
0.03 tix
- 2 Loran of the Third Path
$3.82
0.13 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.30 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 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
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (5)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Empty-Shrine Kannushi
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.22
0.02 tix - 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 3 Shattering Spree
$0.93
0.22 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 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: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (22)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Court of Cunning
$4.06
1.86 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 2 Liliana, the Last Hope
$4.67
0.06 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$113.82
9.25 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Sudden Edict
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (4)
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
- 1 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 Torpor Orb
$3.88
0.43 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.57 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Court of Cunning
$4.06
1.86 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 2 Minor Misstep
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Powder Keg
$33.16
24.65 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.02 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (4)
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
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.17 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (16)
Lands (18)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.52
0.04 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Maddening Hex
$2.12
0.39 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$113.82
9.25 tix
- 1 Price of Progress
$4.67
1.95 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.26 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (7)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (12)
- 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 Ruby
$445.26
10.71 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
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 3 Archon of Emeria
$0.98
0.10 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (12)
- 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 Ruby
$445.26
10.71 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
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 3 Archon of Emeria
$0.98
0.10 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.39 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Fragmentize
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Instants (19)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (14)
- 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 Opal
$234.22
16.74 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.29 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
10.71 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
29.98 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.68 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
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 2 Dismember
$2.82
3.10 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 3 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
$0.25
0.02 tix - 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Court of Cunning
$4.06
1.86 tix
- 1 Court of Cunning
$4.06
1.86 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$113.82
9.25 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 Sudden Edict
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (2)
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
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 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 Terminus
$0.30
0.02 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (30)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 2 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$0.98 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 4 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (7)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Brazen Borrower
$0.52
0.04 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 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 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 2 Serenity
$0.29
3.11 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
