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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: 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: 1 | Swiss: 8
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
- 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 - 1 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 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
- 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
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 3 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.06 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 4 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 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 (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (21)
- 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
- 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 (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (23)
Lands (11)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (22)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Assault Strobe
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 2 Bonecrusher Giant
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Flame Slash
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Mutagenic Growth
$1.32
0.03 tix - 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.51
4.39 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
- 1 City of Traitors$46.98 18.77 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 3 Prismatic Vista$25.63 2.70 tix
- 2 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
Sideboard
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse$0.16 0.02 tix
- 1 Return to Nature
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Shared Summons
$1.04
0.02 tix
- 1 Sublime Epiphany$0.27 0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction$1.33 5.76 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.03
0.03 tix - 1 Back to Basics
$3.49
12.99 tix
- 1 Back to Basics
$3.49
12.99 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.11
1.12 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix - 1 Invasive Surgery
$0.20
0.04 tix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.25
0.10 tix
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.36 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Umezawa's Jitte
$2.94
0.09 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
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: 3 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 1 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
- 3 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
- 2 City of Traitors$46.98 18.77 tix
- 1 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 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
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 3 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Shared Summons
$1.04
0.02 tix
- 1 Sublime Epiphany
$0.27
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: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 2 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
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 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
- 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: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (18)
- 4 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
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (21)
Lands (18)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Watery Grave$9.07 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 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 Plains$0.37 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.36 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
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: 4 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
- 1 Vengevine
$5.72
1.69 tix
- 3 Vengevine
$5.72
1.69 tix
- 4 Hollow One
$0.31
0.10 tix
- 4 Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
$1.26
0.06 tix - 4 Stitcher's Supplier
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodghast
$0.71
0.02 tix
- 2 Deathrite Shaman
$4.88
0.71 tix
- 2 Deathrite Shaman
$4.88
0.71 tix
- 2 Basking Rootwalla
$0.13
0.01 tix
- 2 Basking Rootwalla
$0.13
0.01 tix
Sorceries (2)
Instants (9)
Lands (18)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 1 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
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (30)
- 3 Golgari Thug
$0.41
0.03 tix
- 4 Shambling Shell
$0.12
0.01 tix
- 4 Narcomoeba
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 4 Prized Amalgam
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 4 Stinkweed Imp
$1.10
0.03 tix
- 4 Ichorid
$0.61
0.26 tix
- 1 Golgari Grave-Troll
$0.93
0.03 tix
- 1 Ashen Rider
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 4 Hollow One
$0.31
0.10 tix
- 1 Flayer of the Hatebound
$0.24
0.02 tix
