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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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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: 6 | Swiss: 5
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
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (3)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (10)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (15)
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix - 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 2 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 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix - 2 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
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
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
- 1 Dreadhorde Arcanist
$0.39
0.03 tix - 3 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.64
7.75 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Tarmogoyf
$5.38
0.03 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (24)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 1 Baneslayer Angel
$2.89
0.02 tix - 1 Blessed Alliance
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 2 Celestial Purge
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Deicide
$0.15
0.02 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Monastery Mentor
$0.46
0.02 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Timely Reinforcements
$0.22
0.03 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (37)
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Remorseful Cleric
$0.20
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
- 4 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 4 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 4 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.22 tix
- 2 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 2 Giver of Runes
$9.07
1.97 tix
- 3 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.08 tix
- 2 Tomik, Distinguished Advokist
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.43
1.16 tix
Lands (32)
Sideboard
- 1 Cataclysm
$1.34
12.27 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 3 Deafening Silence
$1.07
0.02 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Leonin Relic-Warder
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Sanctum Prelate
$1.50
0.07 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (17)
- 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
$819.15
8.91 tix
- 2 Lotus Petal
$36.20
16.38 tix
- 2 Mishra's Bauble
$1.61
0.02 tix
- 3 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.14 tix
- 1 Chromatic Star
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 4 Grindstone
$3.23
1.29 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Talisman of Curiosity
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
$0.62
0.03 tix
- 1 Witching Well
$0.08
0.03 tix
Enchantments (1)
Lands (17)
- 2 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Great Furnace$2.15 8.84 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Seat of the Synod$0.65 0.98 tix
- 1 Taiga$215.00 3.61 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 1 Chandra, Awakened Inferno
$8.47
0.39 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Karn, the Great Creator
$3.12
0.10 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.33
0.45 tix
- 1 Krosan Grip
$0.72
0.03 tix
- 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
$5.60
0.02 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
$14.15
0.22 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (12)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (27)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 3 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 3 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
- 2 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
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
- 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
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.91
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (29)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 3 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 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 3 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.41 tix
- 2 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (21)
- 2 Darkslick Shores$1.87 0.02 tix
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 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
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (21)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 3 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
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 1 Cindervines
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 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: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (23)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 1 Dark Depths$1.70 0.22 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 4 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 2 Crop Rotation
$3.52
2.05 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.63
1.16 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 3 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 2 Back to Basics
$3.49
12.99 tix
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 2 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
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (23)
Lands (20)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
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
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Fall from Favor
$0.21
0.04 tix
- 2 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
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
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
