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Surgical Extraction 
Surgical Extraction appeared in 1,954 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 | 94 | 1.2 | 1399 | 1.4 |
| Legacy | 61 | 1.4 | 540 | 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: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | 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: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.98
4.76 tix - 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.15
0.02 tix - 1 Grindstone
$3.02
1.29 tix
- 1 Karn, the Great Creator
$3.21
0.10 tix - 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Portable Hole
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyrokinesis
$1.59
7.77 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
Final: 4 | 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
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 2 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
Instants (4)
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 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (22)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Instants (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Instants (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Instants (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (19)
- 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
- 2 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.42 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 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.68 tix
- 1 Manifold Key
$1.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 3 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
1.01 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.01
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.23
0.02 tix
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 1 Dismember
$2.91
3.54 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 3 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 tix
- 1 Karn, Scion of Urza
$3.99
0.03 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.70
0.02 tix - 3 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
$0.25
0.02 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Instants (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Instants (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 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
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Zagoth Triome$24.57 0.03 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (26)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.51
0.04 tix
- 1 End the Festivities
$1.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 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
- 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
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.36 0.14 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Taiga$215.00 3.47 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.09 3.34 tix
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.09 3.34 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.87 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.68 2.56 tix
Sideboard
- 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 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (5)
Lands (27)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.86 0.01 tix
- 4 Dark Depths$1.72 0.22 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.92 0.81 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.57 0.01 tix
- 3 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$57.90 0.03 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$57.90 0.03 tix
- 2 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: 6
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
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 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
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
