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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 | 89 | 1.2 | 1399 | 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: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 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
- 3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 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 - 1 Timeless Dragon
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.21 tix
Artifacts (8)
Lands (34)
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire$5.34 0.20 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 2 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 7 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Rishadan Port$7.99 19.48 tix
- 2 Rishadan Port$7.99 19.48 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.51 13.97 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 3 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 1 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 1 Peacekeeper
$10.41
0.41 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.33 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.14 tix - 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.14 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix - 2 Opposition Agent
$18.98
6.79 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Young Pyromancer
$0.23
0.03 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
- 2 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
- 4 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Sanctum Prelate
$1.50
0.07 tix
- 4 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 2 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.22
0.20 tix
- 1 Timeless Dragon
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.21 tix
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 1 Cataclysm
$1.35
11.75 tix
- 2 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.76 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.76 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 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 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.33 tix
- 2 Solitude
$33.40
5.00 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.27
1.35 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (20)
- 4 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 2 City of Traitors$46.98 18.81 tix
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.04 7.28 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 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 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.51
5.17 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 2 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.20
0.01 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (8)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (29)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.86 0.01 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$47.71 9.59 tix
- 2 Dark Depths$1.72 0.22 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 2 Flagstones of Trokair$4.11 0.09 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Maze of Ith$9.50 3.15 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Plateau$200.00 2.99 tix
- 2 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 2 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Taiga$215.00 3.47 tix
- 3 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
- 2 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.69 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
- 1 Solitude$33.40 5.00 tix
- 2 Cathar Commando
$0.16
0.01 tix
- 1 Lion Sash
$2.39
0.02 tix
- 3 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
- 4 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.22
0.20 tix
- 3 Solitude
$33.40
5.00 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.21 tix
- 1 Knight of the White Orchid
$1.95
0.02 tix
Artifacts (9)
Lands (34)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 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
- 1 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: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Instants (7)
Artifacts (10)
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
- 4 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
- 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
- 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: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Instants (7)
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
- 4 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
- 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
- 2 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.69 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Choke
$0.65
0.82 tix
- 1 Field of the Dead$29.79 0.03 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 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
- 3 Sphere of Resistance
$12.28
11.49 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.93
0.40 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Court of Cunning
$3.92
1.86 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 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 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 - 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (22)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 1 Solitude$33.40 5.00 tix
- 2 Cathar Commando
$0.16
0.01 tix
- 1 Lion Sash
$2.39
0.02 tix
- 3 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
- 3 Solitude
$33.40
5.00 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.21 tix
- 1 Knight of the White Orchid
$1.95
0.02 tix
Artifacts (8)
Lands (34)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 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 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Peacekeeper
$10.41
0.41 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.33 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower— —
- 1 End the Festivities
$1.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Fall from Favor
$0.21
0.04 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 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
- 3 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: 3
Main Deck
Sorceries (4)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (35)
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Blast Zone$0.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.86 0.01 tix
- 3 Dark Depths$1.72 0.22 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 2 Maze of Ith$9.50 3.15 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 3 Rishadan Port$7.99 19.48 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 3 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
- 2 Wooded Foothills$17.68 2.56 tix
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.69 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Choke
$0.65
0.82 tix
- 2 Endurance
$3.96
4.00 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Return to Nature
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Shifting Ceratops
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Sphere of Resistance
$12.28
11.49 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Thran Foundry
$0.33
0.04 tix
- 1 Unholy Heat
$0.31
0.01 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Sorceries (23)
Instants (13)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 2 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.14 tix
- 1 Consign/Oblivion
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 2 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Empty the Warrens
$0.15
0.02 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 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
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 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
- 2 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
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Court of Cunning
$3.92
1.86 tix
- 2 End the Festivities
$1.37
0.03 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 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.67
3.54 tix
- 1 Sulfur Elemental
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.93
0.40 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 4 Mystical Dispute
$0.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 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: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
- 2 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 Taiga$215.00 3.47 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 3 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 7
