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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 (15)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (8)
Lands (24)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 4 Dark Depths$1.70 0.22 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 4 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.03 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (14)
- 3 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix - 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix - 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix - 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Lands (17)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
- 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
- 2 Solitude
$33.72
5.00 tix
- 1 Solitude
$33.72
5.00 tix
- 3 Leonin Relic-Warder
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 4 Sanctifier en-Vec
$0.32
0.15 tix
- 4 Walking Ballista
$7.43
1.16 tix
Instants (1)
Artifacts (10)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
54.65 tix - 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
14.55 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.97 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.97 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.04 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.81 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (18)
Lands (11)
Sideboard
- 1 Endurance
$3.94
4.00 tix - 1 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 2 Fury
$0.58
0.70 tix - 2 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.06 tix
- 3 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.06 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1675.25 0.12 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth$14.87 0.03 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (19)
- 1 Eliminate
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix - 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 3 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (9)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (23)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 2 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 2 Crypt Incursion
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 2 Damnation
$15.33
0.09 tix
- 1 Doom Blade
$0.12
0.02 tix
- 1 Go for the Throat
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Into the Story
$0.26
0.03 tix - 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.33
0.02 tix - 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Set Adrift
$0.06
0.03 tix
- 3 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.37 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 1 Waterlogged Grove$0.92 0.02 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Gut Shot
$4.88
0.03 tix - 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Sorcerous Spyglass
$0.08
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 2 Spirit of the Labyrinth
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 3 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.14 tix
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.14 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
- 2 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 2 Elite Spellbinder
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 2 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.22 tix
- 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 2 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.08 tix
- 2 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.08 tix
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 3 Cataclysm
$1.34
12.27 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 1 Court of Grace
$3.04
5.25 tix
- 2 Deafening Silence
$1.07
0.02 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Path to Exile
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Serenity
$0.29
3.11 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (25)
- 1 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Glacial Fortress$0.24 0.02 tix
- 3 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 4 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.37 0.01 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.77 14.70 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 3 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 2 Blossoming Calm
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Tempest of Light
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Zuran Orb
$2.49
0.03 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Instants (20)
Lands (10)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (16)
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix
- 1 Assassin's Trophy
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix
- 1 Assassin's Trophy
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 3 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 1 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
$2.49
0.56 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (21)
Lands (11)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.91
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
