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Surgical Extraction 
Surgical Extraction appeared in 1,953 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 | 93 | 1.2 | 1398 | 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: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.90 tix - 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix - 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix - 1 Hullbreacher
$1.64
7.75 tix
- 1 Liliana's Triumph
$0.37
0.03 tix - 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Run Afoul
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (22)
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 1 Taiga$215.00 3.61 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 1 Crop Rotation
$3.52
2.05 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.21
0.03 tix - 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (19)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix - 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 3 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 1 Crop Rotation
$3.52
2.05 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 4 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
$2.49
0.56 tix
- 1 Ramunap Excavator
$5.52
0.02 tix
- 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
$0.35
0.02 tix - 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.63
1.16 tix
- 1 Birds of Paradise
$4.98
0.02 tix
- 2 Elvish Reclaimer
$5.18
0.06 tix
- 1 Hexdrinker
$5.21
0.06 tix
- 2 Noble Hierarch
$10.35
0.20 tix
Instants (19)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 1 Life from the Loam
$4.76
3.07 tix
- 3 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
- 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 - 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
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (4)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Artifacts (20)
- 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 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.60 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.28
11.62 tix
- 1 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.62 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 3 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.71
0.02 tix - 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Archive Trap
$1.08
0.35 tix
- 1 City of Traitors$46.98 18.77 tix
- 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
$0.62
0.03 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 4 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.87
0.12 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.87
0.12 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.87
0.12 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 3 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)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Artifacts (14)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Manifold Key
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.63
0.02 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.71
0.02 tix
- 2 Sorcerous Spyglass
$0.08
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 3 Thought-Knot Seer
$5.00
1.46 tix - 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.43
1.16 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (8)
Lands (27)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 4 Cloudpost$0.29 0.04 tix
- 1 Dark Depths$1.70 0.22 tix
- 1 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.16 tix
- 6 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Glacial Chasm$23.56 11.94 tix
- 4 Glimmerpost$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Maze of Ith$9.58 3.13 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 2 Vesuva$2.29 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (14)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Chandra, Awakened Inferno
$8.47
0.39 tix
- 1 Fall from Favor
$0.21
0.04 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.53
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (21)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (20)
- 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
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 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: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (20)
- 2 Darkslick Shores$1.87 0.02 tix
- 2 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 1 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 2 Bloodchief's Thirst
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Bontu's Last Reckoning
$0.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Crypt Incursion
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Damnation
$15.33
0.09 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
- 4 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
- 4 Elvish Visionary
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Craterhoof Behemoth
$18.30
0.02 tix
- 4 Allosaurus Shepherd
$50.48
6.15 tix
- 1 Birchlore Rangers
$0.80
0.04 tix
- 4 Heritage Druid
$3.00
0.27 tix
- 4 Nettle Sentinel
$0.27
0.11 tix
- 4 Quirion Ranger
$1.48
0.81 tix
- 1 Wirewood Symbiote
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 3 Wirewood Symbiote
$0.25
0.03 tix
