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Surgical Extraction 
Surgical Extraction appeared in 1,955 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 | 87 | 1.2 | 1401 | 1.4 |
| Legacy | 55 | 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: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
Lands (22)
- 1 Blast Zone$0.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Darkslick Shores$2.03 0.03 tix
- 3 Field of Ruin$0.18 0.03 tix
- 4 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
- 2 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 7.47 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.47 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.21 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.57
0.10 tix - 2 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix - 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 2 Snuff Out
$5.90
10.06 tix - 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (15)
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
15.27 tix
- 1 Release to the Wind
$0.72
0.02 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix - 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Peek
$0.45
0.03 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix
Artifacts (13)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
49.65 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 Aether Spellbomb
$0.27
0.03 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 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
Lands (18)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1810.00 0.12 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 2.89 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 2 Urza's Saga$35.61 13.14 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.01
1.22 tix
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
$9.54
0.34 tix - 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 1 Hushbringer
$0.52
0.02 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.22
0.02 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
- 1 Void Mirror
$0.34
0.02 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (21)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (7)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
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
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix - 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.12
2.43 tix
- 1 End the Festivities
$1.35
0.03 tix
- 1 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 Maddening Hex
$2.12
0.39 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.43 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.57 tix
- 1 Unchained Berserker
$0.06
0.03 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Sorceries (17)
Instants (16)
Lands (16)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.47 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.50 9.94 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.62 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.06 tix
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.51
5.17 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.08 tix
- 2 Chrome Mox
$38.87
1.82 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.80 tix
- 1 Grapeshot
$0.24
0.01 tix
- 1 Massacre
$0.51
0.91 tix
- 1 Past in Flames
$2.20
6.08 tix
- 1 Peer into the Abyss
$2.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.69
1.60 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (24)
- 2 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 3 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 - 4 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 Thought Scour
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Gaea's Blessing
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Opposition Agent
$18.71
6.79 tix
- 2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
$80.38
6.36 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$0.98 0.01 tix
- 3 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
- 1 Virtue's Ruin
$0.22
2.44 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (20)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 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
- 1 Timeless Dragon
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.34
2.21 tix
Artifacts (7)
Lands (33)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.08 tix
- 2 Empty-Shrine Kannushi
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 1 Orzhov Pontiff
$0.13
0.02 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.04
0.02 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: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.12
2.43 tix
- 2 Counterbalance
$3.61
0.94 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.70
0.70 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Unchained Berserker
$0.06
0.03 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 2 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 Karakas$15.49 2.10 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 Rough/Tumble
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Unchained Berserker
$0.06
0.03 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (12)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Baleful Strix
$0.95
0.28 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.52
0.04 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Hullbreacher
$1.73
8.35 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Powder Keg
$33.16
24.65 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.02 tix
- 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.02 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.26 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (3)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.67 1.00 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 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
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 3 Urza's Saga$35.61 13.14 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Knight
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.16 tix
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.12
2.43 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 2 Fury
$0.70
0.70 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 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.61
0.94 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.70
0.70 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Maddening Hex
$2.12
0.39 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 3 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Unchained Berserker
$0.06
0.03 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (22)
Lands (22)
- 2 Darkslick Shores$2.03 0.03 tix
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.18 0.03 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 4 Island$0.05 0.01 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: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (14)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.16 tix
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.12
2.43 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Hidetsugu Consumes All
$0.59
0.18 tix
- 4 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 2 Ob Nixilis, the Adversary
$1.73
0.44 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.02 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
