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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: 4 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Artifacts (23)
- 1 Sorcerous Spyglass$0.08 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 - 1 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 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.62 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 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
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 2 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 2 Inventors' Fair$15.40 0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 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
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Karn, Scion of Urza
$3.99
0.02 tix
- 4 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 1 Stonecoil Serpent
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Witchbane Orb
$0.34
0.02 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.87
0.12 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
- 2 Brain Freeze
$2.60
0.02 tix - 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
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 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (7)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
Instants (9)
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
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Artifacts (23)
- 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 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 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: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (9)
Lands (18)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 4 Bazaar of Baghdad$1949.99 4.34 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 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
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Artifacts (23)
- 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 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 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: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (20)
Lands (11)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Instants (21)
Lands (11)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (20)
Lands (11)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Artifacts (23)
- 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 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 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: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (22)
- 3 Darkslick Shores$1.87 0.02 tix
- 3 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea$4.96 0.02 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.02 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
- 2 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (22)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 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
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 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 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Return to Nature
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Vapor Snag
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All$17.34 0.02 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 2 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Firemind's Foresight
$0.21
0.02 tix - 1 Krosan Grip
$0.72
0.03 tix
- 1 Release the Ants
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Return to Nature
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Shared Summons
$1.04
0.02 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
- 2 City of Traitors$46.98 18.77 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.06 0.01 tix
- 2 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
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Firemind's Foresight
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 3 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Shared Summons
$1.04
0.02 tix
- 1 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Trickbind
$9.06
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 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
- 2 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 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
- 3 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 2 City of Traitors$46.98 18.77 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
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 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
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Run Afoul
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
- 1 Winter Orb
$10.98
18.15 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Instants (17)
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: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Mind Harness
$0.33
0.07 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 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
- 1 Winter Orb
$10.98
18.15 tix
