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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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or 2 life.)
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: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (18)
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 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix - 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 4 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction$1.33 5.94 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.93
0.40 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
- 3 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Endurance
$3.96
4.00 tix - 1 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 3 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.38
0.06 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
- 2 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix - 1 Misdirection
$5.84
8.87 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix - 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.06 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (27)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 3 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.51 13.97 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
- 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
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.51
5.17 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix - 1 Endurance
$3.96
4.00 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.67
8.35 tix
- 2 Izzet Staticaster
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
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
- 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 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 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
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.07
0.68 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.45
0.02 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.67
3.54 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.93
0.40 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (22)
Lands (22)
- 1 Darkslick Shores$1.96 0.02 tix
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.19 0.03 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea$4.94 0.02 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 2 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 4 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.57 0.01 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.02 0.02 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.02 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Baleful Mastery
$2.59
0.02 tix
- 1 Damnation
$15.31
0.09 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 3 Extirpate
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Ghost Quarter$0.45 0.02 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.25
0.02 tix - 1 Search for Azcanta
$1.68
0.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (3)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (31)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (3)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (4)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (31)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (3)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 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 Hullbreacher
$1.67
8.35 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.32
0.38 tix
- 2 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 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
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.93
0.40 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (7)
Lands (34)
- 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 Field of the Dead$29.79 0.03 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.45 0.02 tix
- 2 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 Rishadan Port$7.99 19.48 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
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 3 Urza's Saga$35.51 13.97 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 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: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Sorceries (15)
Artifacts (24)
- 4 Mishra's Bauble
$1.61
0.02 tix
- 4 Codex Shredder
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 1 Ghoulcaller's Bell
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 4 Lantern of Insight
$2.99
0.82 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.88
0.03 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyrite Spellbomb
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyxis of Pandemonium
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 4 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.98
4.76 tix
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.76 tix
- 2 Damping Sphere
$1.03
1.16 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 2 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.31
0.10 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 The Underworld Cookbook
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.93
0.40 tix
- 1 Welding Jar
$1.34
0.03 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (36)
- 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
- 4 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Sanctum Prelate
$1.50
0.07 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
Artifacts (8)
Lands (32)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 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 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.93
0.40 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Endurance$3.96 4.00 tix
- 2 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor$3.94 3.00 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Grist, the Hunger Tide$0.39 0.58 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Opposition Agent$18.98 6.79 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
