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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: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
- 1 Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp
$0.24
0.02 tix - 4 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix - 4 Arcbound Ravager
$2.47
0.03 tix - 2 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
$0.51
1.32 tix - 2 Sai, Master Thopterist
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 4 Thought Monitor
$0.40
0.24 tix - 4 Esper Sentinel
$58.03
1.59 tix
- 4 Stonecoil Serpent
$0.35
0.02 tix - 4 Walking Ballista
$7.43
1.16 tix
Lands (20)
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
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (20)
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix - 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (14)
Lands (17)
- 2 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: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (3)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 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
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 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)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix
- 1 Archive Trap
$1.08
0.35 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 2 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 3 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (29)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 1 Blast Zone$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 2 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 2 Dark Depths$1.70 0.22 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 2 Flagstones of Trokair$4.10 0.06 tix
- 1 Glacial Chasm$23.56 11.94 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.41 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 2 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
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 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
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Path to Exile
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Lands (19)
- 1 City of Traitors$46.98 18.77 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 4 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 5 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All$17.34 0.02 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
$15.34
0.02 tix - 2 Eureka
$458.42
0.08 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Shared Summons
$1.04
0.02 tix
- 1 Shifting Ceratops
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Sublime Epiphany
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
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 (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (21)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Plains$0.37 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (14)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Sorceries (20)
Instants (14)
Lands (16)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix
- 2 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.07 tix
- 2 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Empty the Warrens
$0.15
0.02 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 1 Massacre
$0.51
1.01 tix
- 1 Peer into the Abyss
$2.64
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Xantid Swarm
$3.90
4.50 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (14)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Price of Progress
$4.56
2.20 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
