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Surgical Extraction 
Surgical Extraction appeared in 1,951 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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or 2 life.)
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 | 1394 | 1.4 |
| Legacy | 62 | 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: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
- 1 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
- 2 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
- 1 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: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (22)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 2 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 2 Crop Rotation$3.52 2.05 tix
- 1 Fatal Push$0.41 0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Life from the Loam
$4.76
3.07 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute$0.42 0.02 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Court of Cunning
$3.92
1.86 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 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 2 Return to Nature
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
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
Final: 6 | 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
- 2 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.22 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.08 tix
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (26)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (29)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 8.20 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 1 Cephalid Coliseum$0.29 0.03 tix
- 4 Grove of the Burnwillows$5.85 0.77 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 3 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
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 1 Crop Rotation
$3.52
2.05 tix
- 1 Life from the Loam
$4.76
3.07 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Opposition Agent
$19.41
6.79 tix
- 1 Pernicious Deed
$3.04
14.15 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer$0.25 0.03 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (7)
Lands (27)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 3 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 5 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
- 1 Celestial Purge$0.28 0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 From the Ashes
$3.33
1.82 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.64
7.75 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 2 Return to Nature
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
- 1 Elvish Visionary$0.09 0.03 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 2 Elvish Visionary
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 1 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
- 3 Heritage Druid
$3.00
0.27 tix
- 1 Heritage Druid
$3.00
0.27 tix
- 4 Nettle Sentinel
$0.27
0.11 tix
- 3 Quirion Ranger
$1.48
0.81 tix
- 1 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 (7)
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 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 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 Back to Basics
$3.49
12.99 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 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 (14)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Sorceries (25)
Instants (23)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Sideboard
- 1 Anger of the Gods
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Empty the Warrens
$0.15
0.02 tix
- 3 Leyline of Sanctity$0.32 0.10 tix
- 1 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.32
0.10 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sweltering Suns
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 3 Vexing Shusher
$6.79
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (7)
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
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (21)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Court of Cunning
$3.92
1.86 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.64
7.75 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Return to Nature
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Vapor Snag
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 1 Winter Orb
$10.98
18.15 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 2 Cataclysm
$1.34
12.27 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 2 Deafening Silence
$1.07
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 2 Path to Exile
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
$35.82
0.02 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 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 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 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
