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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 (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Lands (19)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 4 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
- 3 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath$2.52 0.60 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.57 tix - 2 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.57 tix
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.20 tix - 2 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.20 tix
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.20 tix
- 3 White Plume Adventurer
$2.53
5.55 tix - 1 Noble Hierarch
$10.53
0.20 tix - 1 Noble Hierarch
$10.53
0.20 tix
- 2 Noble Hierarch
$10.53
0.20 tix
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
14.72 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.51
5.17 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.57
0.10 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Court of Grace
$2.94
5.25 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 The Wandering Emperor
$4.45
1.27 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.24
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Instants (19)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 2 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix - 2 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix - 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 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 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
Artifacts (8)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.22
0.02 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix - 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 3 Shattering Spree
$0.93
0.22 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix - 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
- 3 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.80 0.02 tix
- 1 Blightstep Pathway$5.63 0.17 tix
- 4 Blood Crypt$9.45 0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.81 tix
- 1 Castle Locthwain$3.82 0.31 tix
- 1 Graven Cairns$1.94 0.02 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.67 1.00 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 3 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.21 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (19)
Lands (10)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
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 Solitude
$33.54
5.00 tix
- 3 Solitude
$33.54
5.00 tix
- 1 Timeless Dragon
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.34
2.21 tix
Instants (7)
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 - 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
- 1 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: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Knight
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.61
0.94 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 1 Price of Progress
$4.67
1.95 tix
- 4 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 2 Rough/Tumble
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 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 Steam Vents$11.82 0.18 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.61
0.94 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$1.11
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$113.82
9.25 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Unchained Berserker
$0.06
0.03 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.26 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.61
0.94 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 1 Price of Progress
$4.67
1.95 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Unchained Berserker
$0.06
0.03 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (19)
Lands (10)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Instants (19)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (8)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (22)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 2 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 1 Taiga$200.00 3.35 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 3 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
