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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: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (22)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 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 Act of Authority
$0.85
0.79 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 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix - 1 Karn, Scion of Urza
$3.99
0.02 tix - 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix - 1 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: 2 | Swiss: 7
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: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 1 Charming Prince
$0.33
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
- 2 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.22 tix
- 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
$1.26
0.02 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.08 tix
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (5)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (17)
- 2 Brain Freeze
$2.60
0.02 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix - 1 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
- 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)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.33
0.02 tix - 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Seal of Cleansing
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 3 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 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
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (19)
- 2 Brain Freeze
$2.60
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 3 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
- 4 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)
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
- 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 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 2 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (16)
- 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
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix
- 1 Assassin's Trophy
$0.70
0.02 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 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 3 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 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
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (19)
- 2 Brain Freeze
$2.60
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 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 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)
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
- 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
- 2 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: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
- 1 Brain Freeze
$2.60
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
- 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
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (22)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 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 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 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: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Sorceries (24)
Instants (13)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (14)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 2 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.18
0.74 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.91
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix - 1 Winter Orb
$10.98
18.15 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (16)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Liliana, the Last Hope
$4.67
0.06 tix
- 1 Liliana's Triumph
$0.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 3 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
