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Surgical Extraction 
Surgical Extraction appeared in 1,946 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 (17)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (22)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (22)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
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
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Force of Despair
$6.24
3.91 tix
- 2 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 4 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: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (23)
Lands (11)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (11)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
- 2 Dark Confidant
$3.89
0.02 tix
- 4 Mayor of Avabruck
$0.50
0.02 tix - 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix - 2 Thalia's Lieutenant
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 2 General Kudro of Drannith
$1.00
0.02 tix
- 2 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
$6.14
0.02 tix
- 2 Sanctum Prelate
$1.50
0.07 tix
- 2 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
$1.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 4 Noble Hierarch
$10.40
0.21 tix
- 4 Champion of the Parish
$1.00
0.02 tix
Instants (4)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (24)
- 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
- 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 Cavern of Souls$51.61 0.53 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Force of Despair
$6.24
3.91 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 2 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 3 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 3 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (17)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.42 tix - 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.16 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
24.72 tix
- 3 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.51 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.44 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.64 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Expedition Map
$1.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.71 tix
- 1 Manifold Key
$1.41
0.03 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.55
1.36 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.88 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$9.61
0.02 tix
Lands (13)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
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
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Force of Despair
$6.24
3.91 tix
- 2 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 4 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: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (15)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.42 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.16 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
24.72 tix
- 3 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.51 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.44 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.64 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.71 tix
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.55
1.36 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$9.61
0.02 tix
Enchantments (1)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Artifacts (17)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.42 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.16 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
24.72 tix
- 1 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.51 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.44 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.64 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.03
10.48 tix
- 1 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.57
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.32 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.87 0.01 tix
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$20.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.41 0.02 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 4 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$115.10
9.61 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.87
0.11 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (14)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (26)
- 3 Bayou$226.24 6.36 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.87 0.01 tix
- 4 Dark Depths$1.49 0.21 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.41 0.02 tix
- 1 Nurturing Peatland$6.50 1.27 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 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$58.11 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.51 1.20 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 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: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.35 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.31 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (8)
Lands (27)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.87 0.01 tix
- 1 Cavern of Souls$51.61 0.53 tix
- 4 Cloudpost$0.29 0.04 tix
- 1 Dark Depths$1.49 0.21 tix
- 1 Eye of Ugin$62.02 0.16 tix
- 8 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Glacial Chasm$23.88 11.94 tix
- 4 Glimmerpost$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 1 Maze of Ith$9.60 3.02 tix
- 2 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 2 Vesuva$2.38 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
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
- 1 Pernicious Deed
$3.03
13.69 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.30
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (18)
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
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.70 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.95
3.95 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.06
0.10 tix
- 1 Tarmogoyf
$5.45
0.03 tix
- 1 Winter Orb
$10.98
17.69 tix
- 1 Winter Orb
$10.98
17.69 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 2 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 4 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.60 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.07 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Back to Basics
$3.38
13.25 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.52
5.74 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 1 Return to Nature
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 3 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Venser, Shaper Savant
$0.36
0.02 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (16)
Lands (19)
- 2 City of Traitors$46.79 18.66 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.85 2.98 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.60 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All$17.44 0.02 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.52
5.74 tix
- 1 Disallow
$0.40
0.02 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Firemind's Foresight
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 Return to Nature
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Shared Summons
$1.05
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
