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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: 7 | Swiss: 7
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: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 2 Chains of Mephistopheles
$1183.06
1.03 tix
- 1 Eliminate
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.25
0.02 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 2 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (7)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Day's Undoing
$1.56
0.65 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.45
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
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.33 tix - 1 Spell Pierce
$0.20
0.01 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
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
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
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
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.85 0.21 tix
- 4 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 End the Festivities
$1.37
0.03 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 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
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix - 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.36
0.30 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
- 3 Goblin Piledriver
$3.24
0.17 tix
- 1 Goblin Chieftain
$4.30
0.02 tix
- 2 Goblin Warchief
$1.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Gempalm Incinerator
$0.18
0.04 tix
- 2 Goblin Matron
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 2 Goblin Matron
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Pashalik Mons
$2.10
0.02 tix
- 1 Goblin Trashmaster
$6.08
0.03 tix
- 2 Sling-Gang Lieutenant
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Goblin Ringleader
$0.55
0.03 tix
- 1 Twinshot Sniper
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 2 Muxus, Goblin Grandee
$12.82
4.46 tix
- 3 Munitions Expert
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 4 Goblin Lackey
$11.27
1.68 tix
- 1 Mogg Fanatic
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Skirk Prospector
$0.34
0.03 tix
Artifacts (6)
Lands (24)
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 2 Badlands$235.61 7.74 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.87 tix
- 4 Cavern of Souls$50.28 0.52 tix
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.04 7.28 tix
- 1 Rishadan Port$7.99 19.48 tix
- 4 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.49 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$17.68 2.56 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.76 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.69
0.70 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Opposition Agent
$18.98
6.79 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Pyrokinesis
$1.59
7.77 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 2 Sudden Edict
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
- 1 Goblin Cratermaker
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 3 Goblin Piledriver
$3.24
0.17 tix
- 1 Goblin Chieftain
$4.30
0.02 tix
- 2 Goblin Warchief
$1.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Gempalm Incinerator
$0.18
0.04 tix
- 4 Goblin Matron
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Pashalik Mons
$2.10
0.02 tix
- 1 Goblin Trashmaster
$6.08
0.03 tix
- 2 Sling-Gang Lieutenant
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Goblin Ringleader
$0.55
0.03 tix
- 2 Muxus, Goblin Grandee
$12.82
4.46 tix
- 3 Munitions Expert
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 4 Goblin Lackey
$11.27
1.68 tix
- 2 Skirk Prospector
$0.34
0.03 tix
Artifacts (6)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.76 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.69
0.70 tix
- 1 Goblin Chainwhirler
$0.39
0.02 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Opposition Agent
$18.98
6.79 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Pyrokinesis
$1.59
7.77 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Sudden Edict
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.57 2.51 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.49 0.01 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Day's Undoing
$1.56
0.65 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.45
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
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.33 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.20
0.01 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (19)
- 3 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
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 4 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
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
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.85 0.21 tix
- 4 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Instants (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Instants (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (22)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 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
- 2 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
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.67
8.35 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.93
0.40 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (36)
- 2 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
- 1 Sanctum Prelate
$1.50
0.07 tix
- 3 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 4 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.22
0.20 tix
- 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 4 Solitude
$33.40
5.00 tix
- 1 Timeless Dragon
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.21 tix
Lands (33)
Sideboard
- 2 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 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Peacekeeper
$10.41
0.41 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.33 tix
- 2 Serenity
$0.29
3.11 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
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: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Firemind's Foresight
$0.21
0.02 tix - 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
15.87 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.34
0.43 tix
- 2 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 2 Malevolent Hermit
$1.50
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Trickbind
$9.10
0.02 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (22)
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 3 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.17 tix - 1 Court of Grace
$2.98
5.25 tix
- 1 Endurance
$3.96
4.00 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.34
0.43 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Seeds of Innocence
$6.71
4.41 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Terminus
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
