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Surgical Extraction 
Surgical Extraction appeared in 1,947 MTGO Challenge Top-8 decks over the past 12 months, averaging 1.4 copies per deck. Its current TCGplayer price is $1.31.
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 | 93 | 1.2 | 1393 | 1.4 |
| Legacy | 58 | 1.4 | 538 | 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: 8 | Swiss: 8
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
$1.22
0.03 tix - 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.61 tix - 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.70 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.95
3.95 tix - 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.06
0.10 tix
- 2 Winter Orb
$10.98
17.69 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.61 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.70 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Run Afoul
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.95
3.95 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction$1.31 5.50 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.06
0.10 tix
- 1 Winter Orb
$10.98
17.69 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (26)
- 3 Punishing Fire
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix - 3 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 4 Assassin's Trophy
$0.65
0.02 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.83
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 4 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 3 Drown in the Loch
$0.99
0.03 tix
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (30)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 8.15 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 6.36 tix
- 4 Grove of the Burnwillows$5.96 0.96 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.60 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.51 1.20 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.31 tix
- 1 Waterlogged Grove$0.89 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.87 0.01 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.49
0.04 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.52
5.74 tix
- 1 Crop Rotation
$3.51
2.12 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.46
0.02 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$115.10
9.61 tix
- 1 Pernicious Deed
$3.03
13.69 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.30
0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (25)
- 4 Accumulated Knowledge$0.31 0.04 tix
- 3 Daze
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Magmatic Sinkhole
$0.17
0.03 tix - 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.83
0.02 tix
- 4 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Stifle
$7.02
16.99 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 3 Aria of Flame
$0.66
0.02 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix - 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.68 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.61 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.30
4.72 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (21)
- 1 Daze
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.52
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.23
0.02 tix - 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.83
0.02 tix
- 4 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix - 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (19)
- 2 Brain Freeze
$2.67
0.02 tix
- 1 Daze
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.52
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.83
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (16)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.07 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.07 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.31 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (21)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (23)
- 2 Daze
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.52
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 4 Dark Ritual
$3.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Demonic Consultation
$7.17
1.19 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.42
0.08 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Force of Despair
$6.24
3.91 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 2 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 3 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (25)
- 2 Daze
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.52
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 2 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 4 Dark Ritual
$3.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Demonic Consultation
$7.17
1.19 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.42
0.08 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (25)
- 3 Daze
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 2 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 2 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.52
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 2 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Dark Ritual
$3.19
0.02 tix
- 2 Dark Ritual
$3.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Demonic Consultation
$7.17
1.19 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.42
0.08 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 3 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (23)
- 3 Daze
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Misdirection
$5.84
8.87 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.52
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 4 Dark Ritual
$3.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Demonic Consultation
$7.17
1.19 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 3 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
- 1 Blood Crypt$8.83 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$8.83 0.02 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.35 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.35 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Nurturing Peatland$6.50 1.27 tix
- 2 Overgrown Tomb$9.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.68 0.02 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Verdant Catacombs$28.51 1.20 tix
- 3 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Anger of the Gods
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 2 Assassin's Trophy
$0.65
0.02 tix
- 3 Collective Brutality
$0.34
0.09 tix
- 2 Damping Sphere
$1.06
1.44 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$2.42
0.02 tix - 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (19)
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 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.61 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.70 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.95
3.95 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.06
0.10 tix
- 2 Winter Orb
$10.98
17.69 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (13)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Assassin's Trophy
$0.65
0.02 tix
- 1 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 3 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.95
3.95 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (7)
Lands (24)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 6.36 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.87 0.01 tix
- 4 Dark Depths$1.49 0.21 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.41 0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 4 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.11 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.51 1.20 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
- 4 Daze
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.83
0.02 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.83
0.02 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.83
0.02 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.83
0.02 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 3 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.36
0.24 tix
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.61 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.70 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.95
3.95 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.06
0.10 tix
- 1 Winter Orb
$10.98
17.69 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
- 1 Barrin, Tolarian Archmage
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Charming Prince
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 2 Soulherder
$1.86
0.03 tix
- 1 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Spellseeker
$17.05
12.75 tix
- 1 Venser, Shaper Savant
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Peacekeeper
$10.41
0.33 tix
- 4 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.18 tix
- 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 4 Baleful Strix
$0.95
0.22 tix
- 3 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.40 tix
Sorceries (1)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.12 0.83 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.12 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Tundra$278.32 13.07 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Eliminate
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.26
0.02 tix
- 3 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 2 Gilded Drake
$196.36
6.03 tix
- 1 Leonin Relic-Warder
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Painful Truths
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$16.04
0.11 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Unearth
$0.45
0.03 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
16.29 tix
- 1 Celestial Purge$0.27 0.03 tix
- 1 Deafening Silence
$1.09
0.02 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Entreat the Angels
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Nature's Chant
$0.22
0.03 tix - 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Torpor Orb
$3.89
0.40 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Instants (14)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (18)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 6.36 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.60 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.51 1.20 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Assassin's Trophy
$0.65
0.02 tix
- 2 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 3 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.95
3.95 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
