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Surgical Extraction 
Instant
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
( can be paid with either 
or 2 life.)
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.
can be paid with either or 2 life.)
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
ModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
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
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Surgical Extraction
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (2)
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 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 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
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
- 1 Brain Freeze
$2.60
0.02 tix - 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 - 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Assassin's Trophy
$0.70
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 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (16)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 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
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.03
0.03 tix - 1 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix - 2 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.75
3.00 tix
- 3 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.06 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 2 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (2)
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
7
Final: 7 |
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
- 1 Dark Ritual
$3.28
0.02 tix
- 3 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
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 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 (3)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.06 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
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (25)
- 1 Punishing Fire
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Punishing Fire
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 2 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 4 Assassin's Trophy
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 4 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 3 Drown in the Loch
$1.02
0.03 tix
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (30)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 8.20 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 3 Grove of the Burnwillows$5.85 0.77 tix
- 1 Grove of the Burnwillows$5.85 0.77 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 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
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 1 Waterlogged Grove$0.92 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 1 Crop Rotation
$3.52
2.05 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.32
0.02 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 1 Pernicious Deed
$3.04
14.15 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
- 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
$18.62
0.45 tix - 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
$20.71
3.11 tix - 1 Ramunap Excavator
$5.52
0.02 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 2 Primeval Titan
$4.42
0.15 tix
- 1 Golos, Tireless Pilgrim
$2.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Kozilek, the Great Distortion
$5.09
0.02 tix - 4 Elvish Reclaimer
$5.18
0.06 tix
Instants (10)
Lands (28)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 1 Cloudpost$0.29 0.04 tix
- 3 Cloudpost$0.29 0.04 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.16 tix
- 3 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 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 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea$4.96 0.02 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.95 tix
- 1 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 3 Vesuva$2.29 0.02 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.52 0.61 tix
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.01
3.76 tix
- 1 Forked Bolt
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 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 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 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 Winter Orb
$10.98
18.15 tix
1
Final: 1 |
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
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 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
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (14)
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 4 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
- 2 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 3 Botanical Sanctum$1.50 0.02 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 2 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.04 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 4 Waterlogged Grove$0.92 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.90 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.49
5.14 tix
- 1 Ceremonious Rejection
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Dismember
$3.01
3.76 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse
$0.16
0.02 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (16)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.90
4.70 tix
- 1 Karn, Scion of Urza
$3.99
0.02 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
$4.19
1.24 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 3 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.56
0.02 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Boseiju, Who Shelters All$17.34 0.02 tix
- 1 Firemind's Foresight
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
15.87 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.33
0.45 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Release the Ants
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Rushing River
$0.13
0.04 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Through the Breach
$0.43
0.02 tix
- 1 Trickbind
$9.06
0.02 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
- 1 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 3 Daze
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.33
18.75 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 4 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Vapor Snag
$0.23
0.03 tix
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.08 7.28 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.01
3.76 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
- 2 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
- 1 Tarmogoyf
$5.38
0.03 tix
- 2 Winter Orb
$10.98
18.15 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
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 Brazen Borrower
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 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 Submerge
$3.91
4.21 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.14
0.10 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.25
0.02 tix
4
Final: 4 |
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
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
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
- 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
- 2 Winter Orb
$10.98
18.15 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Eliminate
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Hymn to Tourach
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Liliana, the Last Hope
$4.67
0.06 tix
- 2 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Ratchet Bomb
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 2 Winter Orb
$10.98
18.15 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 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 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
- 2 Winter Orb
$10.98
18.15 tix
1
Final: 1 |
