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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: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
- 1 Goblin Cratermaker
$0.17
0.03 tix - 2 Goblin Piledriver
$3.28
0.17 tix
- 3 Mogg War Marshal
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Stingscourger
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Goblin Chieftain
$4.30
0.02 tix
- 3 Goblin Warchief
$1.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Gempalm Incinerator
$0.18
0.04 tix - 4 Goblin Matron
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Pashalik Mons
$2.15
0.02 tix
- 2 Sling-Gang Lieutenant
$0.28
0.03 tix - 3 Goblin Ringleader
$0.55
0.03 tix
- 2 Muxus, Goblin Grandee
$12.90
4.46 tix - 3 Munitions Expert
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 4 Goblin Lackey
$11.18
1.70 tix
- 2 Skirk Prospector
$0.30
0.03 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (23)
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: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
- 2 Blood Crypt$9.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Nurturing Peatland$6.56 1.25 tix
- 2 Overgrown Tomb$9.30 0.02 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 2 Stomping Ground$6.90 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (15)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
- 1 Brainstorm$1.19 0.85 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time$0.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm$6.57 1.68 tix
- 1 Gush$2.41 0.04 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt$0.81 0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix - 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 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: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
- 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 Assassin's Trophy
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (5)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.03
0.03 tix - 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Opposition Agent
$19.41
6.79 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (1)
Artifacts (14)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Auriok Champion
$9.44
0.02 tix - 3 Auriok Champion
$9.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Burrenton Forge-Tender
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Burrenton Forge-Tender
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.33
0.02 tix - 1 Path to Exile
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 3 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
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
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Back to Basics
$3.49
12.99 tix
- 1 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
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
- 2 City of Traitors$46.98 18.77 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 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
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 4 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.06 tix
- 1 Return to Nature
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Shared Summons
$1.04
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Sublime Epiphany
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
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: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
- 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
- 4 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 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 2 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 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
- 2 Birchlore Rangers
$0.80
0.04 tix
- 4 Heritage Druid
$3.00
0.27 tix
- 4 Nettle Sentinel
$0.27
0.11 tix
- 4 Quirion Ranger
$1.48
0.81 tix
- 4 Wirewood Symbiote
$0.25
0.03 tix
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.08 7.28 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 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
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
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
- 3 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 (5)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 2 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Artifacts (23)
- 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 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 3 Sorcerous Spyglass
$0.08
0.02 tix
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.28
11.62 tix
- 1 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 3 Crucible of Worlds
$21.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.62 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
$0.62
0.03 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (23)
- 4 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 4 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Inventors' Fair$15.40 0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Mishra's Workshop$3000.97 11.46 tix
- 3 Mishra's Workshop$3000.97 11.46 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 2.89 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 3 Fiery Islet$4.08 7.28 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 4 Spirebluff Canal$5.08 0.62 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
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
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 2 Vapor Snag
$0.23
0.03 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (1)
Artifacts (14)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
- 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
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
