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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: 6 | Swiss: 2
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: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (36)
- 4 Spirit of the Labyrinth
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.22 tix
- 3 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.22 tix
- 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 3 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 3 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 - 2 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 4 Solitude
$33.40
5.00 tix - 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.21 tix
Instants (5)
Lands (32)
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 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Leonin Relic-Warder
$0.22
0.03 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
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Court of Cunning
$3.92
1.86 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.45 0.02 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.32
0.38 tix
- 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.93
0.40 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.27
4.72 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Arcane Artisan
$0.31
0.18 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.51
5.17 tix - 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.34
0.43 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
$0.23
0.02 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Unholy Heat
$0.31
0.01 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (22)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 4 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 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 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 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: 2
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: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (35)
- 1 Charming Prince
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 4 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
- 3 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 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
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.21 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.27
1.35 tix
Instants (4)
Artifacts (8)
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
- 3 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Peacekeeper
$10.41
0.41 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (16)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (16)
- 1 Gush$2.39 0.04 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 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
Final: 5 | 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 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Gut Shot
$4.84
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.67
3.54 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.73 tix
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 2 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
- 2 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.22
0.20 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.21 tix
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 1 Act of Authority
$0.85
0.79 tix
- 2 Cataclysm
$1.35
11.75 tix
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 2 Deafening Silence
$1.06
0.02 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 2 Path to Exile
$1.03
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.33 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
$27.40
0.02 tix
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Blazing Volley
$0.11
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 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.67
3.54 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.67
3.54 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 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 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 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: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
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 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.67
3.54 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.73 tix
Final: 2 |
