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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: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Sorceries (10)
Instants (19)
- 1 Brain Freeze
$2.60
0.02 tix - 2 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 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 - 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 (6)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (15)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix - 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Misdirection
$5.84
8.99 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 3 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 (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 1 Crop Rotation
$3.52
2.05 tix - 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.07
0.66 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 2 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Tarmogoyf
$5.38
0.03 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 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 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (5)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Fragmentize
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.36 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 3 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 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: 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
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
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: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (2)
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
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Back to Basics
$3.49
12.99 tix
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 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
- 2 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
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
- 7 Forest$0.09 0.01 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
- 2 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 2 Vesuva$2.29 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
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 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 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.63
1.16 tix
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.36 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 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 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (19)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 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 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
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 2 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
- 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
- 2 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (1)
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
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Back to Basics
$3.49
12.99 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 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Artifacts (23)
- 1 Mystic Forge$2.40 0.02 tix
- 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 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 3 Sorcerous Spyglass
$0.08
0.02 tix
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.28
11.62 tix
- 1 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 3 Crucible of Worlds
$21.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.62 tix
- 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
$0.62
0.03 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.83 tix
Lands (22)
- 4 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 4 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Inventors' Fair$15.40 0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Mishra's Factory$0.15 0.03 tix
- 4 Mishra's Workshop$3000.97 11.46 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 2.89 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
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
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 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
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 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
- 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
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
- 4 Elvish Visionary
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 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
- 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
- 1 Wirewood Symbiote
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 3 Wirewood Symbiote
$0.25
0.03 tix
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
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: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (20)
Instants (16)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (22)
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Field of the Dead$29.77 0.02 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 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 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 1 Dead of Winter
$0.39
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
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 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Back to Basics
$3.49
12.99 tix
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 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 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 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
