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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 | 91 | 1.2 | 1401 | 1.4 |
| Legacy | 57 | 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: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (21)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (21)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.94 tix - 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix - 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix - 2 Price of Progress
$4.56
1.90 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 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: 1 | Swiss: 1
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
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 2 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: 5 | Swiss: 3
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: 4 | Swiss: 6
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: 1 | Swiss: 1
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: 7 | 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: 4 | Swiss: 4
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 By Force
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 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
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Instants (9)
Lands (18)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 2 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 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
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 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
- 1 Tragic Lesson
$0.13
0.03 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.85 0.21 tix
- 4 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
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
- 2 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
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
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 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
- 1 Timeless Dragon
$0.22
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (11)
Artifacts (28)
- 4 Chrome Mox
$38.87
1.82 tix
- 1 Gustha's Scepter
$8.26
0.49 tix
- 4 Lion's Eye Diamond
$819.15
9.55 tix
- 4 Lotus Petal
$35.77
16.56 tix
- 4 Mishra's Bauble
$1.61
0.02 tix
- 4 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.42 tix
- 4 Urza's Bauble
$5.39
14.06 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Retrofitter Foundry
$0.39
6.87 tix
- 1 Wishclaw Talisman
$1.76
0.02 tix
Lands (10)
Sideboard
- 1 Aether Spellbomb
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 2 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 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 1 Portable Hole
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Welding Jar
$1.34
0.03 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (5)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plateau$200.00 2.99 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.57 2.51 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 2 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
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Sorceries (20)
Instants (15)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.06 tix - 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.17 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.14 tix
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 tix
- 1 Massacre
$0.51
1.01 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Peer into the Abyss
$2.62
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
