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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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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: 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: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (27)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (5)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (20)
- 2 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
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 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)
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 By Force
$0.27
0.03 tix - 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 3 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 2 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
- 1 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
- 2 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 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 2 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
$0.24
0.02 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
- 3 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
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
- 3 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: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (20)
- 2 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 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 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 By Force
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 3 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 2 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
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
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (15)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (20)
- 2 Darkslick Shores$1.87 0.02 tix
- 3 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 1 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Price of Progress
$4.56
2.20 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Shenanigans
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 2 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.91
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Vapor Snag
$0.23
0.03 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 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
- 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.08 tix
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (19)
Instants (16)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (16)
Lands (19)
- 2 City of Traitors$46.98 18.77 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 1 Disallow
$0.40
0.02 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Firemind's Foresight
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 3 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 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
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 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 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: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 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 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 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
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (19)
- 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 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 By Force
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 3 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.06 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (17)
- 1 Lightning Bolt$0.81 0.02 tix
- 1 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
- 2 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 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 1 Bloodchief's Thirst$0.13 0.03 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt$0.81 0.02 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 3 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction$1.33 5.76 tix
- 2 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
