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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: 4 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (14)
Lands (22)
- 3 Field of Ruin$0.19 0.03 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Godless Shrine$8.10 0.03 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$7.80 0.06 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.02 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix - 1 Hide/Seek
$1.07
0.02 tix - 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.25
0.02 tix - 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.45
0.02 tix - 2 Path to Exile
$1.03
0.02 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Test of Talents
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Timely Reinforcements
$0.22
0.03 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (18)
Lands (11)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (21)
Lands (22)
- 2 Darkslick Shores$1.96 0.02 tix
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.19 0.03 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 3 Prismatic Vista$25.57 2.51 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 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.76 tix
- 1 Crypt Incursion
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Dead of Winter
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 1 Feed the Swarm
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.25
0.02 tix
- 4 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
$34.60
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Artifacts (22)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.51
0.04 tix
- 1 Court of Cunning
$3.92
1.86 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Gut Shot
$4.84
0.03 tix - 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 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: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 2 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.32
0.38 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.93
0.40 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Dress Down$0.37 0.52 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.32
0.38 tix
- 2 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Prismatic Ending$0.26 0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction$1.33 5.94 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (11)
Lands (22)
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
- 4 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 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
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.51
0.04 tix
- 1 Court of Cunning$3.92 1.86 tix
- 1 Force of Negation$50.02 19.57 tix
- 1 Gut Shot
$4.84
0.03 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils$0.97 0.02 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: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (14)
Lands (17)
- 1 Blast Zone$0.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Sanctum of Ugin$2.74 0.02 tix
- 1 Urza's Mine$0.57 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Mine$0.57 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Mine$0.57 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Mine$0.57 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Power Plant$0.67 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Power Plant$0.67 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Power Plant$0.67 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Power Plant$0.67 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Tower$0.62 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Tower$0.62 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Tower$0.62 0.03 tix
- 1 Urza's Tower$0.62 0.03 tix
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.69 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.76 tix
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$21.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.98
4.76 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix - 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Oblivion Stone
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Sundering Titan
$0.78
0.02 tix - 1 Trinisphere
$29.31
8.55 tix
- 3 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.27
1.35 tix
- 2 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
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
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 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 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.51
3.23 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 Rebuild
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 3 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (23)
- 1 Brainstorm$1.19 0.83 tix
- 4 Dark Ritual$3.35 0.02 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time$0.29 0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation$50.02 19.57 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute$0.45 0.02 tix
- 2 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Demonic Consultation
$7.35
1.07 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 3 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Dress Down$0.37 0.52 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 2 Opposition Agent$18.98 6.79 tix
- 4 Steel Sabotage$0.19 0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 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 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.03
0.04 tix
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Angel's Grace
$2.71
0.02 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 3 Shattering Spree
$0.93
0.22 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.03
0.04 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (22)
- 2 Darkslick Shores$1.96 0.02 tix
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.19 0.03 tix
- 4 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.57 2.51 tix
- 1 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.02 0.02 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.02 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Crypt Incursion
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 1 Extirpate
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Set Adrift
$0.06
0.03 tix - 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Test of Talents
$0.34
0.03 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 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
- 4 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.68 2.56 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.51
0.04 tix
- 1 Court of Cunning
$3.92
1.86 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Gut Shot
$4.84
0.03 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 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: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 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
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 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
- 2 Wear/Tear
$1.27
4.72 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
- 3 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 2 City of Traitors$46.98 18.81 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 2 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
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.51
5.17 tix
- 2 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 Unholy Heat
$0.31
0.01 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.51
0.04 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
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix