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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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or 2 life.)
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: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (15)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
14.72 tix - 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.57
0.10 tix - 1 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix - 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix - 1 Opposition Agent
$18.71
6.79 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Pyrokinesis
$1.59
8.04 tix - 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 1 Run Afoul
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.43 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.24
0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (14)
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 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 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 - 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.80 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.22
0.02 tix - 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 3 Shattering Spree
$0.93
0.22 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.00 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Instants (8)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (9)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
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
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 End the Festivities
$1.35
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 2 Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes
$1.96
0.40 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.43 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 End the Festivities$1.35 0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 2 Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes
$1.96
0.40 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.43 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.61
0.94 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Maddening Hex
$2.12
0.39 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
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.43 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.26 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 End the Festivities
$1.35
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 2 Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes
$1.96
0.40 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.43 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Counterbalance
$3.61
0.94 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Maddening Hex
$2.12
0.39 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 1 Price of Progress
$4.67
1.95 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.43 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.26 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (8)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (28)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.87 0.01 tix
- 2 Dark Depths$1.71 0.22 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.73 0.02 tix
- 2 Flagstones of Trokair$4.04 0.12 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plateau$200.00 2.87 tix
- 2 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 2 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Taiga$200.00 3.35 tix
- 3 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$11.22 0.83 tix
- 3 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.17 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Choke
$0.65
0.82 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.57
0.10 tix
- 3 Deafening Silence
$1.05
0.02 tix
- 2 Endurance
$3.92
4.00 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 1 Outland Liberator
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.04
0.02 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
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (32)
Instants (4)
Lands (17)
- 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
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.58 2.65 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Instants (8)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (22)
Lands (22)
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.18 0.03 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
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 2 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 Damnation
$15.31
0.08 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Eliminate
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$6.02
4.76 tix
- 3 Extirpate
$1.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Go for the Throat
$0.34
0.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
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
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 End the Festivities
$1.35
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.42
20.20 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.17
0.81 tix
- 2 Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes
$1.96
0.40 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.43 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
14.72 tix
- 2 Court of Cunning
$4.06
1.86 tix
- 2 End the Festivities
$1.35
0.03 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 1 Enlightened Tutor
$20.99
4.00 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.04
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$113.82
9.25 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.30 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.30 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (36)
- 1 Cathar Commando
$0.16
0.01 tix
- 1 Lion Sash
$2.36
0.02 tix
- 4 Spirit of the Labyrinth
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.20 tix
- 2 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.20 tix
- 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 3 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Sanctum Prelate
$1.50
0.07 tix
- 3 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Extraction Specialist
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 4 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.37
0.18 tix
- 4 Solitude
$33.54
5.00 tix
- 2 Timeless Dragon
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.34
2.21 tix
Lands (33)
- 2 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire$5.28 0.15 tix
- 2 Field of Ruin$0.18 0.03 tix
- 4 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Rishadan Port$7.99 19.43 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.34 0.01 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
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
- 2 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: 3 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (18)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.52
0.04 tix
- 1 Court of Cunning
$4.06
1.86 tix
- 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
$3.20
0.48 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.80 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 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 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.38 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Powder Keg
$33.16
24.65 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 2 Tourach, Dread Cantor
$0.48
0.02 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
