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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: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (8)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (20)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.61
0.94 tix - 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix - 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix - 1 Price of Progress
$4.67
1.95 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.57 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.26 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
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
- 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: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (4)
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
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Instants (7)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (35)
- 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
- 4 Dark Depths$1.71 0.22 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 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
- 3 Taiga$200.00 3.35 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.61 13.14 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.21 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$11.22 0.83 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.58 2.65 tix
- 3 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.17 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.57
0.10 tix - 2 Endurance
$3.92
4.00 tix
- 3 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
$2.52
0.60 tix
- 1 Ramunap Excavator
$5.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Primeval Titan
$4.45
0.14 tix - 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.65
1.16 tix
- 1 Birds of Paradise
$4.98
0.02 tix
- 4 Ice-Fang Coatl
$0.59
0.10 tix
- 1 Omnath, Locus of Creation
$4.13
0.75 tix
Sorceries (13)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (30)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.47 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.73 0.02 tix
- 1 Field of the Dead$30.08 0.03 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 4 Prismatic Vista$25.36 2.48 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 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 Taiga$200.00 3.35 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$11.22 0.83 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.51
5.17 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.57
0.10 tix
- 1 Endurance
$3.92
4.00 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.24
0.02 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (8)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Cathar Commando
$0.16
0.01 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.49
3.25 tix - 2 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 2 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 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 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.30 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Walking Ballista
$7.37
1.38 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (9)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (21)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
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
