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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: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 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 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 2 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
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 1 Cataclysm
$1.34
12.27 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
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix - 2 Path to Exile
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 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
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (26)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix - 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.90 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Return to Nature
$0.13
0.03 tix - 2 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Winter Orb
$10.98
18.15 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
- 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
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 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 (6)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 3 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.06 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 3 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 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: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (4)
Sideboard
- 2 Contagion
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 2 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.32
0.10 tix
- 3 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.06 tix
- 1 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.06 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (16)
- 1 Force of Negation$50.33 18.75 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)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix
- 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
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Liliana, the Last Hope
$4.67
0.06 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: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (18)
- 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 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 (6)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
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
- 1 Bedlam Reveler
$0.16
0.02 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
- 2 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: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 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 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Run Afoul
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
- 4 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 4 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.90 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix - 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Winter Orb
$10.98
18.15 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (20)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.90 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Court of Ambition
$5.63
9.23 tix
- 1 Feed the Swarm
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Opposition Agent
$19.41
6.79 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Young Pyromancer
$0.24
0.03 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 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
- 2 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 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.90 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 3 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (19)
Instants (16)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (7)
Lands (24)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 4 Dark Depths$1.70 0.22 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 4 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.03 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 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 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Return to Nature
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
- 3 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All$17.34 0.02 tix
- 2 City of Traitors$46.98 18.77 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 3 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
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade$0.15 0.03 tix
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Firemind's Foresight
$0.21
0.02 tix - 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
15.87 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.33
0.45 tix
- 2 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Trickbind
$9.06
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (20)
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.37 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Back to Basics
$3.49
12.99 tix
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.90 tix
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 1 Deafening Silence
$1.07
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Terminus
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.37 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 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 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.90 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Ground Seal
$0.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.36 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 3 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
