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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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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: 7 |
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 (6)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
- 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
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix - 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (5)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (8)
Lands (27)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 4 Cloudpost$0.29 0.04 tix
- 1 Dark Depths$1.70 0.22 tix
- 1 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.16 tix
- 1 Glacial Chasm$23.56 11.94 tix
- 4 Glimmerpost$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Maze of Ith$9.58 3.13 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 7 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 2 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 2 Vesuva$2.29 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix - 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 2 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 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 2 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | 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: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
- 2 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
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 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
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 3 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 3 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
- 2 Golgari Thug
$0.41
0.03 tix
- 4 Shambling Shell
$0.12
0.01 tix
- 1 Narcomoeba
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 3 Narcomoeba
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 4 Prized Amalgam
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 4 Stinkweed Imp
$1.10
0.03 tix
- 4 Ichorid
$0.61
0.26 tix
- 1 Golgari Grave-Troll
$0.93
0.03 tix
- 4 Hollow One
$0.31
0.10 tix - 1 Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
$1.26
0.06 tix
Sorceries (10)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (7)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (21)
- 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
- 4 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 (15)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
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
- 4 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)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (7)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (8)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Instants (18)
Lands (11)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
- 4 Elvish Visionary
$0.09
0.03 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
- 2 Elvish Reclaimer
$5.18
0.06 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)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 2 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 2 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Gaea's Cradle$310.45 15.19 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Nurturing Peatland$6.56 1.25 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (12)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix - 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Return to Nature
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 2 Charming Prince
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 2 Soulherder
$2.01
0.03 tix
- 1 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 2 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Opposition Agent
$19.41
6.79 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.64
7.75 tix
- 1 Venser, Shaper Savant
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Peacekeeper
$10.41
0.41 tix
- 4 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.22 tix
- 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 4 Baleful Strix
$0.94
0.31 tix
- 3 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.36 tix
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (21)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.98 0.83 tix
- 2 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.41 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Gilded Drake
$196.36
5.89 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.64
7.75 tix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Remorseful Cleric
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
