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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 $1.33.
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: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
- 2 Endurance
$3.96
4.00 tix - 3 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
$2.50
0.56 tix - 1 Knight of Autumn
$0.41
0.02 tix - 1 Ramunap Excavator
$5.52
0.02 tix - 1 Primeval Titan
$4.32
0.17 tix - 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.62
1.16 tix
- 1 Birds of Paradise
$4.98
0.02 tix
- 4 Ice-Fang Coatl
$0.62
0.10 tix
- 1 Omnath, Locus of Creation
$4.12
0.75 tix
Sorceries (13)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (30)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Field of the Dead$29.79 0.03 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 4 Prismatic Vista$25.57 2.51 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.35 0.01 tix
- 1 Taiga$215.00 3.47 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (20)
Lands (10)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (14)
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix - 1 Misdirection
$5.84
8.87 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix - 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (17)
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 4 Forbidden Orchard$9.43 0.02 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
$3.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 2 Opposition Agent
$18.98
6.79 tix
- 1 Serra's Emissary
$8.24
0.02 tix
- 1 Sorcerous Spyglass
$0.08
0.02 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix - 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 2 Kozilek's Return
$0.34
0.43 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Serenity
$0.29
3.11 tix
- 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 End the Festivities
$1.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Lands (19)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.85 0.21 tix
- 4 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (22)
Lands (22)
- 1 Darkslick Shores$1.96 0.02 tix
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.19 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$27.73 1.78 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 2 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 4 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.57 0.01 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.02 0.02 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.02 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (22)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Artifacts (23)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.91 tix - 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
13.49 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.59 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.61 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
11.65 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.44 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.68 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.01
0.02 tix
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.28
11.49 tix
- 1 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$21.02
0.02 tix
- 4 Nettlecyst
$3.03
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.31
8.55 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.76 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (13)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.91 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
13.49 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.59 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.61 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
11.65 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.44 tix
- 1 Manifold Key
$1.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
1.01 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.01
0.02 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.23
0.02 tix
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Archive Trap
$1.04
0.37 tix
- 1 By Force
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.67
8.35 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (32)
Instants (7)
Lands (18)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 7.74 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 4 Bazaar of Baghdad$1949.99 4.03 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Taiga$215.00 3.47 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$17.68 2.56 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (13)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.91 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
13.49 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.59 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.61 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
11.65 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.44 tix
- 1 Manifold Key
$1.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
1.01 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.01
0.02 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.23
0.02 tix
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Archive Trap
$1.04
0.37 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.67
8.35 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Shattering Spree
$0.93
0.22 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (21)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (22)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (21)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (22)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.94 tix
- 1 Court of Ire
$0.35
1.22 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 2 Price of Progress
$4.56
1.90 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Sorceries (19)
Instants (14)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.06 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 3 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.17 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.14 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 tix
- 1 Massacre
$0.51
1.01 tix
- 1 Peer into the Abyss
$2.62
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (27)
Lands (10)
Sideboard
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.14 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.14 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 tix
- 1 Karn, the Great Creator
$3.21
0.10 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 2 Malevolent Hermit
$1.50
0.02 tix
- 2 Monastery Mentor
$0.48
0.02 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
