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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: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
- 2 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix - 2 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 - 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix - 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix - 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.03
0.04 tix
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (19)
Lands (10)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Instants (10)
Lands (18)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 2 Bazaar of Baghdad$1949.99 4.03 tix
- 2 Bazaar of Baghdad$1949.99 4.03 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.95 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.38 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$10.77 0.83 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 3 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 - 1 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: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
- 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All$17.38 0.02 tix
- 2 City of Traitors$46.98 18.81 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.57 2.51 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All$17.38 0.02 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.51
5.17 tix - 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$3.94
3.00 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 2 Return to Nature
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Shared Summons
$1.05
0.02 tix
- 1 Sublime Epiphany
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.87 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (8)
Lands (24)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 7.71 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.86 0.01 tix
- 4 Dark Depths$1.72 0.22 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.45 0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.57 0.01 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 4 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$57.90 0.03 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.19 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 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
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 2 Rough/Tumble
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.51 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.09 3.34 tix
- 4 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.79 0.02 tix
- 2 Blood Crypt$9.49 0.02 tix
- 2 Blood Crypt$9.49 0.02 tix
- 3 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.87 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.87 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.92 0.81 tix
- 1 Sunbaked Canyon$3.52 2.05 tix
- 1 Sunbaked Canyon$3.52 2.05 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Angrath's Rampage
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 3 Cleansing Wildfire
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 1 Collective Brutality
$0.35
0.07 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix - 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.25
0.02 tix - 3 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Shatterstorm
$0.30
0.13 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
- 2 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 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
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.03
0.04 tix
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
- 4 Luminarch Aspirant
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 3 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
- 4 Sanctifier en-Vec
$0.31
0.17 tix
- 4 Walking Ballista
$7.27
1.35 tix
Instants (1)
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: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
- 2 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 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
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.03
0.04 tix
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (3)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (10)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (22)
- 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
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 3 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
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
- 1 Grief$2.98 0.22 tix
- 4 Solitude$33.40 5.00 tix
- 2 Spellstutter Sprite
$4.08
0.03 tix
- 4 Squadron Hawk
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Soulherder
$2.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Spellseeker
$15.97
12.21 tix
- 4 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.22
0.20 tix
- 4 Baleful Strix
$0.95
0.31 tix
Sorceries (1)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.92 0.81 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.57 2.51 tix
- 2 Scrubland$215.00 4.38 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Plains$0.35 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.57 0.01 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 13.58 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
0.99 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.51
0.04 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.77 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.73 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (3)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (10)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (19)
- 2 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.51
0.04 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 3 Shattering Spree
$0.93
0.22 tix
- 4 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 12.11 tix
- 1 Unholy Heat
$0.31
0.01 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (23)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.02
19.57 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
- 3 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
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.53
0.02 tix
