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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: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (18)
Lands (22)
- 1 Clearwater Pathway$4.19 0.06 tix
- 2 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 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
- 1 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 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 2 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 - 3 Profane Memento
$1.53
0.03 tix
- 3 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Sphere of Annihilation
$0.26
0.07 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (12)
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Paradoxical Outcome
$0.24
0.02 tix - 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix - 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.20
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (15)
- 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 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 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 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix - 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.23
0.02 tix
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Archive Trap
$1.04
0.37 tix
- 1 Blightsteel Colossus
$34.71
0.03 tix - 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 1 Lutri, the Spellchaser
$0.59
0.02 tix - 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix - 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.03
0.04 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 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
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.20
0.01 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (23)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.35 0.01 tix
- 3 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.51 13.97 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.23 tix
- 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 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 3 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
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
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 2 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
- 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 Gut Shot
$4.84
0.03 tix - 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.67
3.54 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Boseiju, Who Shelters All$17.38 0.02 tix
- 1 Firemind's Foresight
$0.21
0.02 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
15.87 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.34
0.43 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Release the Ants
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Rushing River
$0.13
0.04 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Through the Breach
$0.43
0.02 tix
- 1 Trickbind
$9.10
0.02 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 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 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 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
- 2 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
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 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
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.67
3.54 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
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 Gut Shot
$4.84
0.03 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.67
3.54 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
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 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
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.67
3.54 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (21)
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 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 2 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 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
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
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 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.22
0.20 tix
- 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 1 Solitude
$33.40
5.00 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.21 tix
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 3
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)
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 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 3 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
- 2 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.36
0.03 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.34
0.43 tix
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.51
4.58 tix
- 2 Shattering Spree
$0.93
0.22 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.20
0.01 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 Threads of Disloyalty
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (22)
Lands (22)
- 2 Darkslick Shores$1.96 0.02 tix
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.19 0.03 tix
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.02 0.02 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.02 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
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 Gut Shot
$4.84
0.03 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.67
3.54 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.67
8.35 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.29 tix
- 1 Monastery Mentor
$0.48
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
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 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 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 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
- 2 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
