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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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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: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (34)
- 1 Blast Zone$0.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.86 0.01 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 1 Dark Depths$1.72 0.22 tix
- 1 Field of the Dead$29.79 0.03 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Grove of the Burnwillows$5.83 0.93 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 2 Maze of Ith$9.50 3.15 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$27.73 1.78 tix
- 3 Rishadan Port$7.99 19.48 tix
- 2 Taiga$215.00 3.47 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
- 3 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.51 13.97 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Waterlogged Grove$0.92 0.02 tix
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.69 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix - 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix - 1 End the Festivities
$1.37
0.03 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix - 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix - 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 5 |
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 Island$0.05 0.01 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
- 1 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
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plateau$200.00 2.99 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.57 2.51 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.49 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.35 0.01 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (11)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (9)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.34
0.43 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Monastery Mentor
$0.48
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 2 Ruination
$0.65
4.54 tix - 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.85 0.21 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.94 tix
- 1 End the Festivities
$1.37
0.03 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 2 Price of Progress
$4.56
1.90 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.30 tix
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.94 tix
- 2 End the Festivities
$1.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 2 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Price of Progress
$4.56
1.90 tix
- 1 Price of Progress
$4.56
1.90 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (5)
Lands (30)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plateau$200.00 2.99 tix
- 4 Prismatic Vista$25.57 2.51 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 4 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.49 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Plains$0.35 0.01 tix
- 3 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 2 Goblin Warchief
$1.10
0.03 tix
- 2 Boggart Harbinger
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 4 Goblin Matron
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
$13.19
0.02 tix
- 2 Sling-Gang Lieutenant
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 4 Goblin Ringleader
$0.55
0.03 tix
- 1 Twinshot Sniper
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 4 Muxus, Goblin Grandee
$12.82
4.46 tix
- 4 Ignoble Hierarch
$0.95
0.13 tix
- 4 Goblin Lackey
$11.27
1.68 tix
- 1 Skirk Prospector
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 4 Conspicuous Snoop
$3.63
0.02 tix
- 1 Wily Goblin
$0.28
0.03 tix
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (11)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.34
0.43 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Monastery Mentor
$0.48
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Ruination
$0.65
4.54 tix
- 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Timeless Dragon
$0.22
0.02 tix
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.94 tix
- 2 End the Festivities
$1.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.30 tix
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (36)
- 1 Cathar Commando
$0.16
0.01 tix
- 1 Lion Sash
$2.39
0.02 tix
- 4 Spirit of the Labyrinth
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 4 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.22 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
- 2 Extraction Specialist
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 4 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.22
0.20 tix
- 4 Solitude
$33.40
5.00 tix
- 2 Timeless Dragon
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.21 tix
Lands (33)
Sideboard
- 1 Cataclysm
$1.35
11.75 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 2 Deafening Silence
$1.06
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 2 Path to Exile
$1.03
0.02 tix
- 1 Peacekeeper
$10.41
0.41 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.33 tix
- 1 Serenity
$0.29
3.11 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.94 tix
- 2 End the Festivities
$1.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 2 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Price of Progress
$4.56
1.90 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Court of Cunning
$3.92
1.86 tix
- 1 End the Festivities
$1.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 2 Price of Progress
$4.56
1.90 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Court of Cunning
$3.92
1.86 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 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix
- 1 Sulfur Elemental
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
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
