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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: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (19)
Lands (12)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Instants (10)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (16)
- 2 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 Spell Pierce
$0.20
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Assassin's Trophy
$0.68
0.02 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe$2.57 0.10 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix - 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (5)
Planeswalkers (6)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon$0.25 0.02 tix
- 1 Artifact Mutation
$2.37
0.39 tix - 1 Collector Ouphe$2.57 0.10 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 4 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 1 Planar Void
$4.44
2.12 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 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: 3
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
- 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
- 1 Giver of Runes
$9.26
1.98 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.21 tix
Artifacts (8)
Lands (33)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 1 Court of Grace
$2.98
5.25 tix
- 3 Deafening Silence
$1.06
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 4 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix - 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 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: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (8)
Lands (29)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.86 0.01 tix
- 1 Dark Depths$1.72 0.22 tix
- 2 Dark Depths$1.72 0.22 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 2 Flagstones of Trokair$4.11 0.09 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Horizon Canopy$2.13 0.18 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 3 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 2 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.35 0.01 tix
- 3 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
- 3 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
- 3 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.69 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | 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
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 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
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Trickbind
$9.10
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
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
- 2 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
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.68 2.56 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 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 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 2 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 2 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.08
0.03 tix - 1 Bontu's Last Reckoning
$0.52
0.02 tix
- 2 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.76 tix
- 1 Crypt Incursion
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Damnation
$15.31
0.09 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.52 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.25
0.02 tix - 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Void Mirror
$0.34
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (22)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.91 tix - 1 Lotus Petal
$35.77
17.03 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
- 4 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 Aether Spellbomb
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.68 tix
- 1 Manifold Key
$1.27
0.03 tix
- 1 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 Grim Monolith
$29.99
9.68 tix
- 2 Talisman of Dominance
$0.85
0.02 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
Lands (11)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 4 Luminarch Aspirant
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 4 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 4 Archon of Emeria
$0.99
0.10 tix
- 3 Solitude
$33.40
5.00 tix
- 3 Leonin Relic-Warder
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 3 Sanctifier en-Vec
$0.31
0.17 tix
- 4 Walking Ballista
$7.27
1.35 tix
Artifacts (10)
- 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
- 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 Sol Ring
$1.01
0.02 tix
- 1 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.76 tix
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 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 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.27
4.72 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 2 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: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (1)
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
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Shattering Spree
$0.93
0.22 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
