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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 | 94 | 1.3 | 1396 | 1.4 |
| Legacy | 64 | 1.5 | 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)
- 3 Golgari Thug
$0.41
0.03 tix - 3 Shambling Shell
$0.12
0.01 tix - 4 Narcomoeba
$0.33
0.02 tix - 3 Prized Amalgam
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 4 Stinkweed Imp
$1.10
0.03 tix - 4 Ichorid
$0.61
0.26 tix - 2 Street Wraith
$0.17
0.01 tix
- 1 Golgari Grave-Troll
$0.93
0.03 tix - 3 Hollow One
$0.31
0.10 tix - 1 Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
$1.26
0.06 tix
Sorceries (9)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (5)
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
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
- 1 Force of Negation$50.33 18.75 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor$4.75 3.00 tix
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 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
- 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
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (21)
- 4 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
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 2 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 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
- 2 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix - 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.36 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Terminus
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
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
- 2 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 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
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (22)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (21)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 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 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 1 Sulfur Elemental
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (22)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 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
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (22)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 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 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.64
7.75 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.91
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Winter Orb
$10.98
18.15 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (23)
- 1 Dismember
$3.01
3.76 tix
- 4 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 4 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 3 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 2 Stifle
$7.02
18.67 tix
- 1 Stifle
$7.02
18.67 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Cindervines
$0.35
0.02 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 Sulfur Elemental
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Winter Orb
$10.98
18.15 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
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: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (22)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (12)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Duergar Hedge-Mage
$0.21
0.03 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Grindstone
$3.23
1.29 tix
- 4 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
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
- 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)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (16)
- 1 Gush$2.41 0.04 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 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
- 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
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (20)
- 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
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 3 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 3 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
- 1 Force of Negation$50.33 18.75 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor$4.75 3.00 tix
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 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
- 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: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 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 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | 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
