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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: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
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
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.67
8.35 tix - 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 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
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Instants (6)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (35)
- 1 Blast Zone$0.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.86 0.01 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 3 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
- 2 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
- 4 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 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.68 2.56 tix
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.69 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Instants (6)
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
- 2 Dark Depths$1.72 0.22 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
- 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
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.51 13.97 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.68 2.56 tix
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.69 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 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 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.73 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (8)
Lands (27)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.86 0.01 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$50.28 0.52 tix
- 4 Cloudpost$0.29 0.04 tix
- 1 Dark Depths$1.72 0.22 tix
- 1 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.13 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Glacial Chasm$22.66 11.94 tix
- 4 Glimmerpost$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
- 2 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 2 Vesuva$2.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.69 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Brain Freeze
$2.57
0.02 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
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 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 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (16)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
- 2 Urza's Saga$35.51 13.97 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Murktide Regent
$7.29
5.49 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 3 Shattering Spree
$0.93
0.22 tix
- 3 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (14)
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 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
- 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
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.03
0.04 tix
Artifacts (14)
- 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
- 2 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 (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.03
0.04 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.03
0.04 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (10)
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
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 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: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (2)
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
- 3 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.35 0.01 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Boseiju, Who Shelters All$17.38 0.02 tix
- 1 Firemind's Foresight
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
15.87 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.34
0.43 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Release the Ants
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Rushing River
$0.13
0.04 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Through the Breach
$0.43
0.02 tix
- 1 Trickbind
$9.10
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (21)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 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
- 1 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
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 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 Spell Pierce
$0.20
0.01 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 The Wandering Emperor
$4.45
1.34 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Court of Cunning
$3.92
1.86 tix
- 1 End the Festivities
$1.37
0.03 tix
- 2 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 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
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 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
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (13)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.98
4.76 tix
- 2 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Grindstone
$3.02
1.29 tix
- 3 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
$819.15
9.55 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Portable Hole
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (7)
Lands (28)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.86 0.01 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 4 Dark Depths$1.72 0.22 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.92 0.81 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.57 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.57 0.01 tix
- 3 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 4 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$57.90 0.03 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 3 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 3 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
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.93
0.40 tix