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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: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Artifacts (3)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (25)
Sideboard
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix - 1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
$0.60
0.02 tix - 1 Glass Casket
$0.15
0.03 tix - 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Liquimetal Coating
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.63
0.02 tix - 1 Path to Exile
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
$1.71
0.02 tix - 1 Sorcerous Spyglass
$0.08
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix - 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.62 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix - 2 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 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix - 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
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
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
- 1 Charming Prince
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 2 Luminarch Aspirant
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 1 Remorseful Cleric
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 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
- 4 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 4 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.22 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.08 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.43
1.16 tix
Instants (7)
Artifacts (8)
Lands (32)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 2 Deafening Silence
$1.07
0.02 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Terminus
$0.30
0.02 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: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 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
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Mind Harness
$0.33
0.07 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$4.02
0.39 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
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
- 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 - 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (5)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (22)
- 2 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 2 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 2 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 4 Dark Ritual
$3.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Demonic Consultation
$7.22
1.08 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.07 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 (3)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Feed the Swarm
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.06 tix
- 4 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (8)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (8)
Lands (18)
- 3 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 4 Bazaar of Baghdad$1949.99 4.34 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
- 3 Golgari Thug
$0.41
0.03 tix
- 4 Shambling Shell
$0.12
0.01 tix
- 3 Narcomoeba
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 1 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 (8)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (8)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 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 Return to Nature
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 1 Sulfur Elemental
$0.10
0.03 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: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 2 Spirit of the Labyrinth
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 4 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.14 tix
- 2 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 2 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 4 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Sanctum Prelate
$1.50
0.07 tix
- 4 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 2 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.22 tix
- 3 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.08 tix
- 1 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.08 tix
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 1 Deafening Silence
$1.07
0.02 tix
- 2 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
$0.60
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 Sanctum Prelate
$1.50
0.07 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
$35.82
0.02 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.43
1.16 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (21)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 2 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 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Elspeth Conquers Death
$1.05
0.02 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.36 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (19)
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 3 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 2 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
Sideboard
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
15.87 tix
- 1 Return to Nature$0.13 0.03 tix
- 1 Shared Summons
$1.04
0.02 tix
- 1 Sorcerous Spyglass
$0.08
0.02 tix
- 1 Sublime Epiphany
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Wipe Away
$0.29
0.03 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Lands (20)
- 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All$17.34 0.02 tix
- 1 City of Traitors$46.98 18.77 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 5 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All$17.34 0.02 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 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
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
15.87 tix
- 1 Release the Ants
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Return to Nature
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Return to Nature
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Sublime Epiphany
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
