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Surgical Extraction 
Instant
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
( can be paid with either 
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.
can be paid with either 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
ModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
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
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Surgical Extraction
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (8)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (20)
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix - 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 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 (5)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (7)
Lands (19)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 4 Bazaar of Baghdad$1949.99 4.34 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (9)
Lands (19)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 4 Bazaar of Baghdad$1949.99 4.34 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (21)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 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
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 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 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (19)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (26)
- 3 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 1 Blooming Marsh$2.00 0.06 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 4 Dark Depths$1.70 0.22 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Nurturing Peatland$6.56 1.25 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 3 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.03 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix
- 1 Berserk
$7.82
0.19 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix - 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Steely Resolve
$1.85
0.23 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
- 1 Thrun, the Last Troll
$0.71
0.03 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$4.02
0.39 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (20)
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 3 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
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (12)
Lands (24)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 1 City of Brass$9.99 3.13 tix
- 1 City of Brass$9.99 3.13 tix
- 4 Dark Depths$1.70 0.22 tix
- 3 Gemstone Mine$2.18 7.88 tix
- 4 Mana Confluence$32.96 0.48 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 3 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.03 0.02 tix
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.03 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 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 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
- 2 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 2 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 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 2 Run Afoul
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Winter Orb
$10.98
18.15 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
- 4 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 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
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 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
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix - 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Price of Progress
$4.56
2.20 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 3 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
7
Final: 7 |
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 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 2 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 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
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 4 Elvish Visionary
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 2 Craterhoof Behemoth
$18.30
0.02 tix - 3 Allosaurus Shepherd
$50.48
6.15 tix
- 2 Birchlore Rangers
$0.80
0.04 tix
- 3 Elvish Reclaimer
$5.18
0.06 tix
- 3 Heritage Druid
$3.00
0.27 tix
- 2 Nettle Sentinel
$0.27
0.11 tix
- 4 Quirion Ranger
$1.48
0.81 tix
- 4 Wirewood Symbiote
$0.25
0.03 tix
Sorceries (11)
Instants (2)
Lands (19)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 2 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 4 Gaea's Cradle$310.45 15.19 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Taiga$215.00 3.61 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
- 2 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Spike Feeder
$0.49
0.44 tix
- 2 Spike Feeder
$0.49
0.44 tix
- 1 Spike Feeder
$0.49
0.44 tix
- 4 Ranger-Captain of Eos
$36.83
6.28 tix - 1 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 4 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
$20.21
0.35 tix
- 4 Arbor Elf
$0.36
0.03 tix
- 4 Conclave Mentor
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 2 Giver of Runes
$9.07
1.97 tix
- 2 Auriok Champion
$9.44
0.02 tix
- 2 Walking Ballista
$7.43
1.16 tix
Instants (5)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Lands (20)
- 2 Darkslick Shores$1.87 0.02 tix
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (20)
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 4 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 1 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 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Back to Basics
$3.49
12.99 tix
- 2 From the Ashes
$3.33
1.82 tix
- 1 Garruk, Primal Hunter
$1.51
0.02 tix
- 2 Opposition Agent
$19.41
6.79 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 3 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Vivien, Monsters' Advocate
$2.02
0.02 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (20)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 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
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 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.63
1.16 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.36 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
1
Final: 1 |
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
