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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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or 2 life.)
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: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (6)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Plateau$200.00 2.87 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$0.98 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Plains$0.34 0.01 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix - 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix - 2 Izzet Staticaster
$0.22
0.03 tix - 2 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix - 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
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
- 1 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
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.30 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Umezawa's Jitte
$2.85
0.09 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: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (9)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.50 9.94 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 3 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix - 1 Fury
$0.70
0.70 tix - 3 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
- 2 Unchained Berserker
$0.06
0.03 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (10)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Sorceries (6)
Instants (22)
- 1 Force of Negation$50.42 20.20 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Brain Freeze
$2.57
0.02 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 3 Gifts Ungiven
$5.32
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix - 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 3 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix
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
Enchantments (3)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.76
0.02 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.51
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 3 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Sorceries (8)
Instants (14)
- 1 Flash
$1.77
0.55 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Misdirection
$5.84
8.87 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
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 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (18)
- 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
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Dismember
$2.82
3.10 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 3 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 3 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 1 Portal to Phyrexia
$32.46
1.09 tix - 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
$0.25
0.02 tix - 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
- 1 Tinker
$1.02
2.44 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (18)
Lands (11)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.12
2.43 tix
- 2 Counterbalance
$3.61
0.94 tix
- 1 Court of Cunning
$4.06
1.86 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.43 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 1 Cathar Commando
$0.16
0.01 tix
- 1 Lion Sash
$2.36
0.02 tix
- 4 Spirit of the Labyrinth
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 4 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.20 tix
- 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 3 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 3 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 2 Loran of the Third Path
$3.82
0.13 tix
- 4 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.37
0.18 tix
- 4 Solitude
$33.54
5.00 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.34
2.21 tix
Instants (6)
Lands (33)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.08 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.49
3.25 tix - 3 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.04
0.02 tix
- 1 Peacekeeper
$10.41
0.41 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.30 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.13 3.48 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Plateau$200.00 2.87 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$0.98 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Plains$0.34 0.01 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$1.11
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
14.72 tix
- 2 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 Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes
$1.96
0.40 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.43 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (22)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.73
8.35 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 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 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Timeless Dragon
$0.22
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
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
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (20)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.16 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.80 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.70
0.70 tix
- 1 Minor Misstep
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.51
4.67 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.26 tix
