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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: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (19)
- 1 Force of Negation$50.42 20.20 tix
- 1 Brain Freeze
$2.57
0.02 tix - 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix - 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.76
0.02 tix - 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 2 Consider
$0.25
0.01 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 (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 By Force
$0.28
0.03 tix - 1 Dress Down$0.37 0.80 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.76
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 3 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.33
0.06 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Sorceries (20)
Instants (16)
Lands (16)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 7.68 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.47 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.81 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$0.98 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.62 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
- 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
- 2 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 3 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Timeless Dragon
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.34
2.21 tix
Artifacts (8)
Lands (33)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.08 tix
- 1 Deafening Silence
$1.05
0.02 tix
- 2 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 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
$41.77
0.02 tix - 1 Peacekeeper
$10.41
0.41 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.30 tix
- 1 Serenity
$0.29
3.11 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (21)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Plateau$200.00 2.87 tix
- 4 Prismatic Vista$25.36 2.48 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$0.98 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.49 0.01 tix
- 4 Snow-Covered Plains$0.34 0.01 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.16 tix
- 1 Deafening Silence
$1.05
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Humility
$69.19
18.98 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
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.30 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.51
5.17 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 2 Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes
$1.96
0.40 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 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: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Sorceries (11)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (8)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
14.72 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 2 Humility
$69.19
18.98 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 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 Ruination
$0.59
4.54 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (10)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (8)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
14.72 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 2 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 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
- 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
- 1 Loran of the Third Path
$3.82
0.13 tix
- 4 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.37
0.18 tix
- 1 Seasoned Dungeoneer
$5.21
11.33 tix
- 4 Solitude
$33.54
5.00 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.34
2.21 tix
Artifacts (8)
Lands (33)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.08 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 4 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 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: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (20)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
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 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 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 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
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.26 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (23)
- 2 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 2 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix - 2 Dark Ritual
$3.35
0.02 tix
- 2 Dark Ritual
$3.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Demonic Consultation
$7.34
0.87 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 3 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix
Artifacts (3)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Cut Down
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.80 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 1 Opposition Agent
$18.71
6.79 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$0.98 0.01 tix
- 1 Snuff Out
$5.90
10.06 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
- 1 Virtue's Ruin
$0.22
2.44 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (27)
- 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
- 3 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
- 3 Grim Monolith
$30.19
8.93 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.54
8.76 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.11
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 2 The Mightstone and Weakstone
$4.29
0.02 tix - 4 Coveted Jewel
$0.27
4.93 tix
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 2 Dismember
$2.82
3.10 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$6.02
4.76 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.71
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 2 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.90
0.11 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
