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Surgical Extraction 
Instant
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
( can be paid with either 
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.
can be paid with either 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
ModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
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
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Surgical Extraction
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
Lands (19)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 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
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix - 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix - 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix - 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix - 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.91
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix - 1 Deafening Silence
$1.07
0.02 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 4 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
- 3 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
Sideboard
- 1 Back to Basics
$3.49
12.99 tix - 3 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 2 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Deafening Silence
$1.07
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Peacekeeper
$10.41
0.41 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (22)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 4 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.37 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Back to Basics
$3.49
12.99 tix
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.36 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.36 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
5
Final: 5 |
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
- 3 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
- 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.08 tix
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 2 Cataclysm
$1.34
12.27 tix
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 2 Deafening Silence
$1.07
0.02 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
$0.60
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 2 Path to Exile
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 2 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 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
- 2 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
Lands (19)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 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
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 1 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
- 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.08 tix
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 1 Aven Mindcensor
$0.61
0.02 tix
- 2 Cataclysm
$1.34
12.27 tix
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 2 Deafening Silence
$1.07
0.02 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Leonin Relic-Warder
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Remorseful Cleric
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 2 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 4 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
- 3 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
Sideboard
- 1 Back to Basics
$3.49
12.99 tix
- 3 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 2 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Deafening Silence
$1.07
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Peacekeeper
$10.41
0.41 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (22)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Fall from Favor
$0.21
0.04 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.91
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (18)
- 1 Words of Wisdom
$0.69
0.05 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 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (6)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (21)
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
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
- 3 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 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (3)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
- 1 Elvish Visionary$0.09 0.03 tix
- 2 Elvish Visionary
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 1 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
- 3 Heritage Druid
$3.00
0.27 tix
- 1 Heritage Druid
$3.00
0.27 tix
- 4 Nettle Sentinel
$0.27
0.11 tix
- 3 Quirion Ranger
$1.48
0.81 tix
- 1 Quirion Ranger
$1.48
0.81 tix
- 4 Wirewood Symbiote
$0.25
0.03 tix
Sorceries (11)
Instants (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.91
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
Lands (20)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 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
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (21)
- 2 Darkslick Shores$1.87 0.02 tix
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea$4.96 0.02 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
