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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: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
- 3 Goblin Cratermaker
$0.17
0.03 tix - 2 Goblin Piledriver
$3.28
0.20 tix
- 2 Mogg War Marshal
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 1 Goblin Chieftain
$4.32
0.02 tix
- 2 Goblin Warchief
$1.20
0.03 tix
- 2 Gempalm Incinerator
$0.16
0.04 tix - 4 Goblin Matron
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Pashalik Mons
$2.14
0.02 tix
- 1 Goblin Trashmaster
$6.08
0.02 tix
- 2 Sling-Gang Lieutenant
$0.28
0.03 tix - 4 Goblin Ringleader
$0.55
0.03 tix
- 3 Munitions Expert
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 2 Goblin Lackey
$11.18
1.70 tix
- 2 Goblin Lackey
$11.18
1.70 tix
- 1 Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
$0.32
0.40 tix
- 1 Goblin Chainwhirler
$0.41
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (23)
- 3 Arid Mesa$29.61 3.61 tix
- 2 Badlands$235.61 8.15 tix
- 2 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.35 tix
- 4 Cavern of Souls$51.61 0.53 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 3 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Pendelhaven$2.31 1.35 tix
- 1 Rishadan Port$7.99 18.37 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
- 4 Arcbound Ravager
$2.30
0.02 tix
- 4 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 4 Foundry Inspector
$0.37
0.03 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
$2.11
0.02 tix - 1 Lodestone Golem
$0.33
0.02 tix - 1 Traxos, Scourge of Kroog
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 3 Golos, Tireless Pilgrim
$2.37
0.02 tix - 4 Stonecoil Serpent
$0.31
0.02 tix - 4 Walking Ballista
$7.01
1.38 tix
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
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.87 0.01 tix
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$20.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.09
3.85 tix
- 2 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 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: 2 | Swiss: 6
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: 5 | Swiss: 3
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: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (22)
- 1 Brain Freeze
$2.67
0.02 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 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
- 1 Enlightened Tutor
$20.99
4.00 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 1 Pulverize
$1.11
1.80 tix
- 4 Shattering Spree
$0.92
0.22 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Instants (20)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (20)
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Daze
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 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
- 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: 7 | Swiss: 4
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: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (21)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 2 Aether Gust
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 1 Bonecrusher Giant
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.49
0.04 tix
- 2 Ceremonious Rejection
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Flame Slash
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.57
4.45 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 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
- 2 Winter Orb
$10.98
17.69 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.06
0.03 tix - 1 Back to Basics
$3.38
13.25 tix
- 1 Back to Basics
$3.38
13.25 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Damping Sphere
$1.06
1.44 tix
- 1 Invasive Surgery
$0.19
0.04 tix
- 1 On Thin Ice
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.95
3.95 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Umezawa's Jitte
$3.10
0.09 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (26)
- 2 Bayou$226.24 6.36 tix
- 1 Blast Zone$0.31 0.02 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 Nurturing Peatland$6.50 1.27 tix
- 1 Riftstone Portal$2.65 0.04 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
- 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
Sideboard
- 1 Assassin's Trophy
$0.65
0.02 tix
- 1 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 1 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Rite of Consumption
$2.37
1.04 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
$4.69
0.06 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Virtue's Ruin
$0.22
2.44 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 2 Charming Prince
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 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
- 2 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: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (23)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Collector Ouphe
$2.98
0.10 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.70 tix
- 1 Return to Nature
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.95
3.95 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.06
0.10 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
- 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
- 4 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 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 2 Marsh Flats$31.12 0.83 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.12 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 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 Act of Authority
$0.86
0.79 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.26
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 2 Gilded Drake
$196.36
6.03 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Remorseful Cleric
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 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
- 1 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
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 Ghost Quarter$0.41 0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 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
- 4 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.11 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.51 1.20 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (21)
- 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 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
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
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 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 Fleetwheel Cruiser
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
