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Surgical Extraction 
Surgical Extraction appeared in 1,955 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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or 2 life.)
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 | 1398 | 1.4 |
| Legacy | 61 | 1.4 | 542 | 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: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (21)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix - 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix - 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix - 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix - 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 2 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 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: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Lands (19)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 1 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
- 5 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.01
3.76 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Moment's Peace
$2.17
6.76 tix
- 1 Return to Nature
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Shared Summons
$1.04
0.02 tix - 1 Sublime Epiphany
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Entrancing Melody
$0.19
0.02 tix - 2 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (23)
Instants (11)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 2 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
- 1 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (16)
- 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 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 (5)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 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
- 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
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (9)
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
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 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)
Lands (18)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 2 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
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 (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 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
- 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: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Artifacts (21)
- 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 Crucible of Worlds
$21.00
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
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (4)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
- 3 Abrupt Decay$0.90 0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation$50.33 18.75 tix
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 3 Force of Vigor$4.75 3.00 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (4)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (9)
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
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 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)
Lands (18)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 2 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (20)
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 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
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 3 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Sorceries (22)
Instants (13)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 2 Spirit of the Labyrinth
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 4 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.14 tix
- 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 4 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Sanctum Prelate
$1.50
0.07 tix
- 3 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.22 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.08 tix
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (8)
Enchantments (6)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (23)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Plateau$200.00 3.13 tix
- 2 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Taiga$215.00 3.61 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
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
