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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: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (5)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (19)
- 1 Cavern of Souls$48.92 0.52 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.67 1.00 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$0.98 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.34 0.01 tix
- 3 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 1 Urza's Saga$35.61 13.14 tix
- 3 Urza's Saga$35.61 13.14 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix - 1 Deafening Silence
$1.05
0.02 tix
- 2 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 3 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix - 1 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.85
0.03 tix
- 1 Mother of Runes
$8.34
2.21 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.88
0.04 tix
- 2 Serenity
$0.29
3.11 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Artifacts (30)
- 1 Manifold Key$1.33 0.03 tix
- 1 Shadowspear$18.15 0.52 tix
- 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 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.68 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.04
0.03 tix
- 3 Sorcerous Spyglass
$0.08
0.02 tix - 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.28
12.57 tix
- 1 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
- 3 Crucible of Worlds
$21.02
0.02 tix - 2 Nettlecyst
$2.98
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.54
8.76 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix - 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.39 tix
Lands (24)
- 4 Ancient Tomb$48.79 6.50 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.87 0.01 tix
- 2 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Inventors' Fair$15.62 0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 4 Mishra's Workshop$3000.97 10.83 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 2.89 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.61 13.14 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (20)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (7)
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: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (21)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Lands (23)
- 2 Darkslick Shores$2.03 0.03 tix
- 2 Field of Ruin$0.18 0.03 tix
- 2 Field of Ruin$0.18 0.03 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 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 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (20)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
- 2 Master of Death
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Master of Death
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 4 Vengevine
$5.70
1.64 tix - 1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
$0.23
0.10 tix
- 1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
$0.23
0.10 tix
- 2 Squee, Goblin Nabob
$0.23
0.10 tix
- 2 Fury
$0.70
0.70 tix
- 4 Hollow One
$0.31
0.10 tix - 2 Basking Rootwalla
$0.13
0.01 tix
- 2 Basking Rootwalla
$0.13
0.01 tix
- 4 Blazing Rootwalla
$0.21
0.02 tix
Instants (20)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.50 9.94 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 3
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
- 2 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: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
- 3 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
- 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: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (21)
Lands (23)
- 2 Darkslick Shores$2.03 0.03 tix
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.18 0.03 tix
- 4 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 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 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (22)
- 1 Darkslick Shores$2.03 0.03 tix
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.18 0.03 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 3 Prismatic Vista$25.36 2.48 tix
- 1 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 4 Snow-Covered Island$0.98 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.62 0.01 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.16
0.03 tix - 1 Crypt Incursion
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$6.02
4.76 tix
- 2 Extirpate
$1.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Go for the Throat
$0.34
0.02 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.45
0.02 tix
- 3 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Winds of Rebuke
$0.27
0.03 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (3)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
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
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (26)
- 1 Manifold Key$1.33 0.03 tix
- 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 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 Archive Trap
$1.05
0.39 tix
- 2 Dismember
$2.82
3.10 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.71
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 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
- 2 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.90
0.11 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
- 3 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 4 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 - 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
Artifacts (7)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Flame Slash
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.76
0.02 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.76
0.02 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 2 Shattering Spree
$0.93
0.22 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (10)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
