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Surgical Extraction 
Surgical Extraction appeared in 1,953 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: 4
Main Deck
Sorceries (10)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (7)
Planeswalkers (8)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix - 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.34
0.43 tix - 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix - 2 Monastery Mentor
$0.48
0.02 tix - 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$15.93
0.16 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.20
0.01 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 End the Festivities
$1.37
0.03 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Price of Progress
$4.56
1.90 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix - 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.91
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Sorceries (13)
Lands (36)
- 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
- 2 Dark Depths$1.72 0.22 tix
- 3 Field of the Dead$29.79 0.03 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.45 0.02 tix
- 1 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 Maze of Ith$9.50 3.15 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Nurturing Peatland$6.65 1.30 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$7.34 0.02 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
- 1 Tower of the Magistrate$1.75 2.18 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 Wooded Foothills$17.68 2.56 tix
- 2 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.69 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (19)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 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
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.94 tix
- 1 Court of Cunning
$3.92
1.86 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 Price of Progress
$4.56
1.90 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (6)
Lands (24)
- 3 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 4 Cavern of Souls$50.28 0.52 tix
- 2 City of Traitors$46.98 18.81 tix
- 4 Eldrazi Temple$2.81 0.80 tix
- 1 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.13 tix
- 2 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.13 tix
- 1 Mishra's Factory$0.15 0.03 tix
- 2 Mishra's Factory$0.15 0.03 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (29)
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 1 Cephalid Coliseum$0.24 0.03 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 4 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 Snow-Covered Plains$0.35 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 3 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 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
- 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: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Instants (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (20)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Court of Cunning$3.92 1.86 tix
- 1 End the Festivities$1.37 0.03 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.22
0.03 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 Spell Pierce
$0.20
0.01 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
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
- 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 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 3 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
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 3 Prismatic Vista$25.57 2.51 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
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
Lands (19)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.57 2.51 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 3 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Court of Grace
$2.98
5.25 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 2 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 2 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.33 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.20
0.01 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Court of Cunning
$3.92
1.86 tix
- 1 End the Festivities
$1.37
0.03 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 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 Snapcaster Mage
$15.93
0.16 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Humility
$69.21
19.46 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Monastery Mentor
$0.48
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.33 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (21)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Opposition Agent
$18.98
6.79 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 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 Surgical Extraction$1.33 5.94 tix
- 3 Torpor Orb
$3.93
0.40 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (20)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
- 2 Cathar Commando
$0.16
0.01 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.87
0.03 tix
- 4 Leonin Arbiter
$0.39
0.02 tix
- 1 Lion Sash
$2.39
0.02 tix
- 3 Luminarch Aspirant
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 4 Spirit of the Labyrinth
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 4 Giver of Runes
$9.26
1.98 tix
- 4 Leonin Relic-Warder
$0.22
0.03 tix
Instants (3)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Deafening Silence
$1.06
0.02 tix
- 1 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.25
0.02 tix - 1 Path to Exile
$1.03
0.02 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.03
0.02 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 4 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction$1.33 5.94 tix
