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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: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (8)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (8)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (24)
- 2 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix - 1 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
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 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 3 Dark Ritual
$3.28
0.02 tix
- 1 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
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (8)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
- 2 Brain Freeze
$2.60
0.02 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
- 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 (7)
Enchantments (7)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (32)
- 2 Satyr Wayfinder
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
$2.49
0.56 tix
- 3 Narcomoeba
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 3 Prized Amalgam
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 3 Silversmote Ghoul
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 4 Vengevine
$5.72
1.69 tix
- 3 Gravecrawler
$0.93
0.02 tix
- 4 Stitcher's Supplier
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 4 Hedron Crab
$2.64
0.03 tix
- 4 Merfolk Secretkeeper
$0.31
0.03 tix
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (26)
- 3 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 4 Dark Depths$1.70 0.22 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Nurturing Peatland$6.56 1.25 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 3 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.03 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Steely Resolve
$1.85
0.23 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
- 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
$5.26
0.06 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 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
- 1 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
- 1 Vapor Snag
$0.23
0.03 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 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 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.22 tix
- 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
$1.26
0.02 tix
- 2 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.35
2.08 tix
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 2 Cataclysm
$1.34
12.27 tix
- 2 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Virtue
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
$0.60
0.02 tix
- 1 Leonin Relic-Warder
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 2 Path to Exile
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Warping Wail
$0.41
0.03 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (20)
- 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
- 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
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
- 2 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 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 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 Terminus
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Wilt$0.12 0.03 tix
- 1 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
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
- 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
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
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: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (6)
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: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (7)
Lands (24)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 4 Dark Depths$1.70 0.22 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 4 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.03 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
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 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 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 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
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: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (10)
Lands (24)
- 4 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.81 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.17 0.02 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.50 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Nurturing Peatland$6.56 1.25 tix
- 2 Overgrown Tomb$9.30 0.02 tix
- 2 Raging Ravine$0.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.90 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 2 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Anger of the Gods
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.03
0.03 tix - 1 Boil
$0.23
0.05 tix
- 1 Choke
$0.65
0.79 tix
- 3 Collective Brutality
$0.35
0.07 tix
- 4 Fulminator Mage
$1.14
0.02 tix - 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 10
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (8)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (9)
Lands (18)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 1 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 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.74
0.10 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 2 Stubborn Denial
$3.25
0.03 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
- 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
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
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
- 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
