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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: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (11)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix - 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix - 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix - 1 Misdirection
$5.84
8.99 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
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (8)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 4 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 2 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 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: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (23)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (22)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Cindervines
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix - 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 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
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix - 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (27)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 4 Dark Depths$1.70 0.22 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 2 Nurturing Peatland$6.56 1.25 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
- 2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.03 0.02 tix
- 2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.03 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
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
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 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
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 3 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
- 2 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.08 tix
- 2 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.08 tix
Instants (4)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 2 Deafening Silence
$1.07
0.02 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
$0.60
0.02 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
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 1 Charming Prince
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 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
- 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
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (22)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Cindervines
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 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 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 2 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Force of Negation$50.33 18.75 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 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (16)
Lands (21)
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Scrubland$215.00 4.41 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Liliana, the Last Hope
$4.67
0.06 tix
- 2 Liliana's Triumph
$0.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Powder Keg
$31.45
24.65 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (17)
Instants (18)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
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
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.64
7.75 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage$2.29 0.36 tix
- 1 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
- 2 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
- 1 City of Traitors$46.98 18.77 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 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 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 2 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Firemind's Foresight
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Release the Ants
$0.11
0.03 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 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
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: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 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 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
- 4 Blood Crypt$9.17 0.02 tix
- 3 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Nurturing Peatland$6.56 1.25 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.30 0.02 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.90 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (22)
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 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
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 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)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 3 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 2 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
