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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: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix - 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix - 1 Cindervines
$0.35
0.02 tix - 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Return to Nature
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix - 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (2)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.54 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
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
$35.82
0.02 tix - 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
$26.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (21)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 3 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
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
- 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 Assassin's Trophy
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Back to Basics
$3.49
12.99 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 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
- 2 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
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
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
- 4 Elvish Visionary
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Archon of Valor's Reach
$0.37
0.77 tix
- 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
$18.30
0.02 tix - 2 Allosaurus Shepherd
$50.48
6.15 tix
- 3 Birchlore Rangers
$0.80
0.04 tix
- 4 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 (1)
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
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 1 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
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
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
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 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 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
- 2 Torpor Orb
$4.02
0.39 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (17)
Instants (17)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Cindervines
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 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 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Return to Nature
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
- 1 Charming Prince
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Remorseful Cleric
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 4 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
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
- 2 Goblin Cratermaker
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Goblin Piledriver
$3.28
0.17 tix
- 1 Mogg War Marshal
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Goblin Warchief
$1.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Boggart Harbinger
$0.33
0.03 tix
- 4 Goblin Matron
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Pashalik Mons
$2.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
$13.19
0.02 tix
- 2 Sling-Gang Lieutenant
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Goblin Ringleader
$0.55
0.03 tix
- 2 Muxus, Goblin Grandee
$12.90
4.46 tix
- 3 Munitions Expert
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 2 Goblin Lackey
$11.18
1.70 tix
- 2 Goblin Lackey
$11.18
1.70 tix
- 1 Skirk Prospector
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 2 Conspicuous Snoop
$3.66
0.02 tix
- 2 Conspicuous Snoop
$3.66
0.02 tix
- 1 Goblin Chainwhirler
$0.39
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (22)
- 1 Arid Mesa$30.11 3.21 tix
- 2 Badlands$235.61 8.20 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 4 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 1 Gaea's Cradle$310.45 15.19 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 2 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Rishadan Port$7.99 18.62 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Goblin Trashmaster
$6.08
0.02 tix
- 1 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.06 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyrokinesis
$1.59
7.84 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (21)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (18)
Lands (27)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.22 0.02 tix
- 1 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 2 Field of the Dead$29.77 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$8.13 0.06 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Ketria Triome$17.06 0.15 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Raugrin Triome$16.36 0.14 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.96 0.20 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.37 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (24)
- 1 Academy Ruins$5.18 0.02 tix
- 1 Blast Zone$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Clearwater Pathway— —
- 1 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 1 Gemstone Caverns$52.15 0.90 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 tix
- 1 River of Tears$0.28 0.02 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Tolaria West$0.43 0.45 tix
- 4 Urza's Mine$0.57 0.03 tix
- 4 Urza's Power Plant$0.65 0.03 tix
- 4 Urza's Tower$0.62 0.03 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Aether Gust$0.24 0.03 tix
- 2 Confounding Conundrum
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$21.00
0.02 tix
- 2 Elixir of Immortality
$0.49
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Entrancing Melody
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Entrancing Melody
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 2 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.32
0.10 tix
- 1 Spatial Contortion$0.18 0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction$1.33 5.76 tix
- 1 Tectonic Edge$0.24 0.03 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.62 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (8)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (7)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (10)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (5)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (23)
- 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 - 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
- 3 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Peek
$0.45
0.03 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.07 tix
- 1 Gurmag Angler
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 2 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.06 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 3 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
