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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: 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: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (19)
Instants (16)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (21)
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 3 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 3 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 - 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Ground Seal
$0.17
0.02 tix - 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.90 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.64
7.75 tix
- 1 Natural State
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix - 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (1)
Artifacts (14)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 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
- 2 Crypt Incursion
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Damnation
$15.33
0.09 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Extirpate
$1.31
0.03 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den$2.33 0.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (16)
- 1 Assassin's Trophy$0.70 0.02 tix
- 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
- 2 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 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
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 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: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (21)
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 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 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
- 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 Fragmentize
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 2 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 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
- 1 Young Pyromancer
$0.24
0.03 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (15)
- 1 Dig Through Time$0.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Fatal Push$0.41 0.02 tix
- 2 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Snuff Out
$5.58
9.34 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (4)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
- 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
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.44
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
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 1 Collector Ouphe$2.74 0.10 tix
- 1 Ice-Fang Coatl$0.62 0.10 tix
- 1 Sarulf, Realm Eater
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 3 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
$2.49
0.56 tix
- 1 Ramunap Excavator
$5.52
0.02 tix
- 2 Tireless Tracker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Questing Beast
$2.52
0.24 tix
- 2 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.63
1.16 tix
- 3 Birds of Paradise
$4.98
0.02 tix
- 1 Elvish Reclaimer
$5.18
0.06 tix
- 2 Noble Hierarch
$10.35
0.20 tix
- 2 Ice-Fang Coatl
$0.62
0.10 tix
- 3 Baleful Strix
$0.94
0.31 tix
Sorceries (6)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (28)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 4 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
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 3 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 2 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.55 tix
- 1 Fatal Push$0.41 0.02 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer$0.25 0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
- 2 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.62 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 2 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
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.90 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.64
7.75 tix
- 1 Natural State
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 2 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 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Back to Basics
$3.49
12.99 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.36 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 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 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (28)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 4 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.54 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 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 3 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 2 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
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8