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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 (30)
- 3 Golgari Thug
$0.41
0.04 tix - 4 Shambling Shell
$0.12
0.01 tix - 4 Narcomoeba
$0.33
0.02 tix - 4 Prized Amalgam
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 4 Stinkweed Imp
$1.10
0.03 tix - 4 Ichorid
$0.61
0.26 tix - 1 Golgari Grave-Troll
$0.93
0.02 tix - 1 Ashen Rider
$0.28
0.02 tix - 4 Hollow One
$0.30
0.10 tix - 1 Flayer of the Hatebound
$0.26
0.02 tix
Sorceries (10)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (32)
Instants (6)
Lands (18)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 6.36 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 6.36 tix
- 4 Bazaar of Baghdad$1949.99 4.05 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.70 0.02 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.09 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.68 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.51 1.20 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.13 0.86 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (21)
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 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 Misdirection
$5.84
8.87 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.52
0.04 tix
- 1 Magmatic Sinkhole
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.23
0.02 tix - 3 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 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
Artifacts (3)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
$2.92
0.28 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$115.10
9.61 tix
- 1 Scab-Clan Berserker
$0.30
0.02 tix
- 3 Shattering Spree
$0.92
0.22 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (25)
- 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 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
- 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: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (9)
Lands (18)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 6.36 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 6.36 tix
- 4 Bazaar of Baghdad$1949.99 4.05 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.70 0.02 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.09 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.68 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.51 1.20 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.13 0.86 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (5)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (5)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (20)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
- 1 Force of Vigor$4.23 3.00 tix
- 2 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 4 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix
- 1 Maze of Ith$9.60 3.02 tix
- 2 Petrified Field$1.91 0.20 tix
- 1 Petrified Field$1.91 0.20 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
Artifacts (16)
- 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 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
- 2 Null Rod
$115.10
9.61 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
$2.11
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
- 3 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.87
0.11 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (21)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.98
0.10 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.95
3.95 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.06
0.10 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (25)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.87 0.01 tix
- 1 Crop Rotation
$3.51
2.12 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.99
4.65 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 2 Great Sable Stag
$0.33
0.02 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.68 tix
- 1 Spellskite
$7.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.06
0.10 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (15)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Back to Basics
$3.38
13.25 tix
- 1 Bitterblossom
$32.99
0.02 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.09
3.85 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.61 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Retrofitter Foundry
$0.35
6.61 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 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 Submerge
$3.95
3.95 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.06
0.10 tix
- 1 Vapor Snag
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Winter Orb
$10.98
17.69 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 4 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.08 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
- 4 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.18 tix
- 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 1 Restoration Angel
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.25
2.25 tix
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (21)
- 1 Daze
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Daze
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 4 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.09
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Enchantments (7)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (23)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Inkmoth Nexus$11.13 0.14 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Pendelhaven$2.31 1.35 tix
- 4 Tropical Island$312.50 9.60 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.51 1.20 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.51 1.20 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
- 1 Waterlogged Grove$0.89 0.02 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$10.13 0.86 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 6.36 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.60 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (21)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.87 0.01 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
- 2 Scavenging Ooze
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.95
3.95 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.06
0.10 tix
- 2 Winter Orb
$10.98
17.69 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 4 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.08 tix
- 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 4 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Mirran Crusader
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Sanctum Prelate
$1.50
0.07 tix
- 4 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.18 tix
- 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.25
2.25 tix
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
- 2 Kolaghan's Command
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 2 Mana Leak
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 Into the Story
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.83
0.02 tix
- 3 Lightning Bolt
$0.83
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.36
0.24 tix
- 4 Thought Scour
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 4 Drown in the Loch
$0.99
0.03 tix
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (24)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.06 0.02 tix
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 2 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Overgrown Tomb$9.33 0.02 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 5 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.28 0.02 tix
