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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: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (11)
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: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 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
- 4 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
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 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 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix - 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.27
4.72 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Fall from Favor
$0.21
0.04 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 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
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix - 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
- 1 Cathar Commando
$0.16
0.01 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 - 1 Timeless Dragon
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.21 tix
Artifacts (9)
Lands (34)
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
- 2 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 2 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 1 Peacekeeper
$10.41
0.41 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (32)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
- 1 Cathar Commando
$0.16
0.01 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
- 1 Timeless Dragon
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.21 tix
Artifacts (9)
Lands (34)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
- 2 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
- 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
Instants (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 2 Cataclysm
$1.35
11.75 tix
- 2 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: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 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 Steam Vents$11.85 0.21 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 3 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 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (36)
- 2 Cathar Commando
$0.16
0.01 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
- 4 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 4 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 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.03
0.02 tix
- 1 Peacekeeper
$10.41
0.41 tix
- 2 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: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (8)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (29)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.86 0.01 tix
- 3 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: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
- 1 Endurance
$3.96
4.00 tix - 3 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
$2.50
0.56 tix
- 1 Knight of Autumn
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Ramunap Excavator
$5.52
0.02 tix
- 1 Primeval Titan
$4.32
0.17 tix
- 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.62
1.16 tix
- 1 Birds of Paradise
$4.98
0.02 tix
- 4 Ice-Fang Coatl
$0.62
0.10 tix
Sorceries (14)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (30)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Field of the Dead$29.79 0.03 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 4 Prismatic Vista$25.57 2.51 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.57
0.10 tix
- 2 Endurance
$3.96
4.00 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 3 Meddling Mage
$2.32
0.38 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Seeds of Innocence
$6.71
4.41 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 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 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 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: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 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
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
- 1 Cathar Commando
$0.16
0.01 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
- 1 Timeless Dragon
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.21 tix
Artifacts (9)
Lands (34)
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
- 4 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: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
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 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 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
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (21)
- 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
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 2 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
$1.51
5.17 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Izzet Staticaster
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 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
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
