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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: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (23)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
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: 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
Lands (24)
Sideboard
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: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (22)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 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
- 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: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
- 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
- 3 Elvish Reclaimer
$5.18
0.06 tix
- 3 Heritage Druid
$3.00
0.27 tix
- 3 Nettle Sentinel
$0.27
0.11 tix
- 4 Quirion Ranger
$1.48
0.81 tix
- 4 Wirewood Symbiote
$0.25
0.03 tix
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | 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: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (23)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 1 Field of the Dead$29.77 0.02 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Indatha Triome$18.13 6.66 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.41 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 1 Zagoth Triome$24.72 0.03 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.64
7.75 tix
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.36 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Return to Nature
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$4.02
0.39 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (20)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 3 Baleful Strix
$0.94
0.31 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 2 Hymn to Tourach
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.63
1.16 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Entrancing Melody
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (18)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 2 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.03
0.03 tix - 1 Baneslayer Angel
$2.89
0.02 tix - 1 Deicide
$0.15
0.02 tix
- 2 Monastery Mentor
$0.46
0.02 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Timely Reinforcements
$0.22
0.03 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (22)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 2 Bloodchief's Thirst
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Bontu's Last Reckoning
$0.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Crypt Incursion
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Extirpate
$1.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.33
0.02 tix - 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 4 Profane Memento
$1.53
0.03 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (23)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 2 Dragon's Claw
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.33
0.45 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix - 2 Vapor Snag
$0.23
0.03 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
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: 3 | Swiss: 5
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 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.62 tix
- 4 Fleetwheel Cruiser
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (21)
- 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
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 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 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
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
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 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: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (18)
- 2 Brain Freeze
$2.60
0.02 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 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 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 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (15)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 3 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Sprite Dragon
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 2 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4