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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: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 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
- 1 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix - 2 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.22
0.20 tix
- 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
$1.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 3 Giver of Runes
$9.26
1.98 tix
- 2 Tomik, Distinguished Advokist
$0.28
0.02 tix
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (16)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.51
5.17 tix - 2 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix - 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 1 Return to Nature
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Shared Summons
$1.05
0.02 tix - 1 Sublime Epiphany
$0.27
0.02 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
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
- 2 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 - 2 Profane Memento
$1.53
0.03 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (8)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix - 1 Court of Cunning
$3.92
1.86 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 2 Gut Shot
$4.84
0.03 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
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 2 Court of Cunning$3.92 1.86 tix
- 1 Force of Negation$50.02 19.57 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 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: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (16)
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix - 3 Assassin's Trophy
$0.68
0.02 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 (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Archive Trap
$1.04
0.37 tix
- 1 Assassin's Trophy
$0.68
0.02 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.57
0.10 tix
- 1 Endurance
$3.96
4.00 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 3 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.67
8.35 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (27)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.22 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 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 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (16)
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 3 Assassin's Trophy
$0.68
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
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
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Assassin's Trophy
$0.68
0.02 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.57
0.10 tix
- 1 Endurance
$3.96
4.00 tix
- 1 Fatal Push$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 3 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
- 3 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Aether Spellbomb
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.93
0.40 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
- 3 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All$17.38 0.02 tix
- 2 City of Traitors$46.98 18.81 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.49 0.01 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Firemind's Foresight
$0.21
0.02 tix - 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
15.87 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.34
0.43 tix
- 2 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 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
- 1 Trickbind
$9.10
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Court of Cunning
$3.92
1.86 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 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
- 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: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.15
0.02 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 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Firemind's Foresight
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
15.87 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.34
0.43 tix
- 2 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 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 Trickbind
$9.10
0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.15
0.02 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 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 2 Court of Cunning
$3.92
1.86 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 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 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
