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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: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.61
0.94 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix - 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix - 4 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.43 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (8)
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
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (3)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.67 1.00 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 3 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 3 Urza's Saga$35.61 13.14 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
- 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 Snow-Covered Island$0.98 0.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.82 0.18 tix
- 4 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (33)
- 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
- 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
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 2 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: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.61
0.94 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 4 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.43 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (3)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.67 1.00 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 3 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 3 Urza's Saga$35.61 13.14 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.12
2.43 tix
- 4 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix - 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.76
0.02 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.18
1.20 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (30)
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.50 9.94 tix
- 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 Prismatic Vista$25.36 2.48 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 2 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 Plains$0.34 0.01 tix
- 1 Spara's Headquarters$13.36 0.23 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
14.72 tix
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.12
2.43 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.51
5.17 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 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
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (12)
Lands (21)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.47 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.73 0.02 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$0.98 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.34 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$11.22 0.83 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (21)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (21)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 4 Paradoxical Outcome
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix - 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix - 4 Repeal
$0.07
0.01 tix
Artifacts (18)
- 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
- 2 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 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
0.99 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.11
0.02 tix
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 1 Dismember
$2.82
3.10 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.82
3.10 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 3 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 1 Karn, Scion of Urza
$3.98
0.02 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.71
0.02 tix
- 3 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
$0.25
0.02 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Instants (8)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (21)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (3)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (22)
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.18 0.03 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea$4.94 0.02 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.08 1.80 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 2 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$0.98 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.62 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Damnation
$15.31
0.08 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Eliminate
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$6.02
4.76 tix
- 3 Extirpate
$1.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Go for the Throat
$0.34
0.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 The Stone Brain
$0.45
1.15 tix
Final: 1 |
