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Surgical Extraction 
Surgical Extraction appeared in 1,951 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: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (20)
- 1 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 Misdirection
$5.84
8.99 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix - 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 2 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
Artifacts (6)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Brain Freeze
$2.60
0.02 tix
- 1 By Force
$0.27
0.03 tix - 2 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Mind Twist
$1.40
2.67 tix
- 2 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 2 Underworld Breach
$7.86
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
- 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 - 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
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (5)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.03
0.03 tix - 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Fragmentize
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 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
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (27)
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Blast Zone$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 1 Cascading Cataracts$1.30 0.02 tix
- 4 Cloudpost$0.29 0.04 tix
- 1 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.16 tix
- 6 Forest$0.09 0.01 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 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 1 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 4 Vesuva$2.29 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix - 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 2 Krosan Grip
$0.72
0.03 tix
- 1 Krosan Grip
$0.72
0.03 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.63
0.02 tix
- 2 Sphere of Resistance
$12.28
11.62 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Thought-Knot Seer
$5.00
1.46 tix - 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix - 1 Tsunami
$0.39
0.85 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 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
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Izzet Staticaster
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 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
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (28)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 4 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.54 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 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 2 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
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 3 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 Assassin's Trophy
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 2 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (13)
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
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.07 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 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
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 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
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 2 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
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (6)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Fragmentize
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
- 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 Assassin's Trophy
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 2 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Instants (23)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (21)
- 2 Darkslick Shores$1.87 0.02 tix
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 1 Feed the Swarm
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den$2.33 0.02 tix
- 2 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Search for Azcanta
$1.71
0.02 tix
- 1 Set Adrift
$0.06
0.03 tix - 3 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
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
- 3 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
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
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: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 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 Run Afoul
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 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
- 3 Skyclave Apparition
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.22 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.08 tix
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 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
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (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
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 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 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 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: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Klothys, God of Destiny$1.29 0.03 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 2 Return to Nature$0.13 0.03 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern$0.22 0.02 tix
- 3 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library$26.14 0.10 tix