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Surgical Extraction 
Surgical Extraction appeared in 1,949 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: 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
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (13)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (5)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
- 2 Elvish Visionary
$0.09
0.03 tix - 2 Elvish Visionary
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Regal Force
$4.12
0.02 tix
- 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
$18.30
0.02 tix
- 4 Allosaurus Shepherd
$50.48
6.15 tix
- 1 Birchlore Rangers
$0.80
0.04 tix
- 4 Heritage Druid
$3.00
0.27 tix
- 4 Nettle Sentinel
$0.27
0.11 tix
- 2 Quirion Ranger
$1.48
0.81 tix
- 2 Quirion Ranger
$1.48
0.81 tix
- 4 Wirewood Symbiote
$0.25
0.03 tix
Sorceries (11)
Instants (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
- 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 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 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 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 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
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.21
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
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Terminus
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 2 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
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
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 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
- 2 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
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
- 1 Force of Will$26.25 10.90 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 2 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 3 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 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
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 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
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 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 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 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
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.21
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
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Terminus
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 2 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 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 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
Artifacts (10)
- 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 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.61
1.06 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.22
0.02 tix
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 3 Prized Amalgam
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Squee, Goblin Nabob
$0.26
0.10 tix
- 1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
$0.26
0.10 tix
- 1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
$0.26
0.10 tix
- 3 Krovikan Horror
$15.69
5.72 tix
- 1 Golgari Grave-Troll
$0.93
0.03 tix
- 4 Hollow One
$0.31
0.10 tix
- 2 Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
$1.26
0.06 tix - 4 Bloodghast
$0.71
0.02 tix
- 4 Basking Rootwalla
$0.13
0.01 tix
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (11)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (19)
- 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
- 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 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Archive Trap
$1.08
0.35 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 2 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
- 2 Brain Freeze
$2.60
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 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 (10)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (15)
- 1 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 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 Tolarian Academy$177.50 2.89 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
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
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 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
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 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: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
- 3 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 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 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 4 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 3 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.37 0.01 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 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
- 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
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 6
