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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: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
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
- 4 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix - 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
14.72 tix - 2 Brotherhood's End
$1.12
2.43 tix
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.61
0.94 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix - 1 Unchained Berserker
$0.06
0.03 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.26 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
14.72 tix
- 2 Brotherhood's End
$1.12
2.43 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.43 tix - 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Unchained Berserker
$0.06
0.03 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (1)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (13)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
49.65 tix
- 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
$819.15
9.64 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$35.77
16.56 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
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
0.99 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.11
0.02 tix
Enchantments (1)
Lands (11)
Sideboard
- 1 Bontu's Last Reckoning
$0.53
0.02 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix - 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 1 Opposition Agent
$18.71
6.79 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
$80.38
6.36 tix
- 4 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
- 1 Virtue's Ruin
$0.22
2.44 tix
- 1 Void Mirror
$0.34
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (19)
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 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
- 3 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix - 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Fragmentize
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Fury$0.70 0.70 tix
- 1 Maddening Hex
$2.12
0.39 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 3 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 3 Shattering Spree
$0.93
0.22 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Artifacts (11)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
49.65 tix
- 1 Chrome Mox
$38.87
1.82 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 Relic of Progenitus
$5.67
3.66 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.54
8.76 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.39 tix
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Cavern of Souls$48.92 0.52 tix
- 1 Karn, the Great Creator
$3.21
0.10 tix
- 2 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.85
0.03 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$113.82
9.25 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
- 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
$1.26
0.02 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (10)
Lands (19)
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.50 9.94 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Taiga$200.00 3.35 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (31)
Instants (9)
Lands (18)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 7.68 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.47 tix
- 4 Bazaar of Baghdad$1949.99 4.05 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$48.50 9.94 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.73 0.02 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Taiga$200.00 3.35 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.21 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$16.58 2.65 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (12)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
- 2 Fatal Push$0.42 0.02 tix
- 2 Hidetsugu Consumes All
$0.59
0.18 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.18
1.20 tix
- 2 Necromentia
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.02 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.26 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (13)
Lands (19)
- 4 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.80 0.02 tix
- 2 Blood Crypt$9.45 0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.81 tix
- 1 Castle Locthwain$3.82 0.31 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.67 1.00 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.36 2.48 tix
- 3 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.21 tix
Sideboard
- 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
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Liliana of the Veil
$4.84
0.71 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.18
1.20 tix
- 1 Necromentia
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.02 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.26 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (1)
Sideboard
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (36)
- 2 Cathar Commando
$0.16
0.01 tix
- 2 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
- 4 Solitude
$33.54
5.00 tix
- 1 Timeless Dragon
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.34
2.21 tix
Lands (33)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.08 tix
- 2 Deafening Silence
$1.05
0.02 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.85
0.03 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 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
- 1 Serenity
$0.29
3.11 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (7)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.81 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.67 1.00 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.24 1.21 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Watery Grave$9.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (13)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
- 4 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.80 0.02 tix
- 2 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 Mountain$0.06 0.01 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
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Flame Blitz
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Hidetsugu Consumes All
$0.59
0.18 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.18
1.20 tix
- 2 Necromentia
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 2 Ob Nixilis, the Adversary
$1.73
0.44 tix
- 1 Path of Peril
$0.31
0.25 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.26 tix
