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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: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Sorceries (22)
Instants (15)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix - 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.42
0.08 tix - 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix - 1 Empty the Warrens
$0.14
0.02 tix - 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.80
0.02 tix - 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (22)
- 4 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.80 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$8.83 0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.35 tix
- 2 Nurturing Peatland$6.50 1.27 tix
- 2 Overgrown Tomb$9.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$6.68 0.02 tix
- 3 Verdant Catacombs$28.51 1.20 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.51 1.20 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
- 1 Daze
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 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 - 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.83
0.02 tix
- 1 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 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix - 1 Path to Exile
$1.09
0.02 tix - 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (6)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.06
0.03 tix - 1 By Force
$0.28
0.03 tix - 1 Energy Flux
$0.27
0.09 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix
- 1 Lutri, the Spellchaser
$0.59
0.02 tix - 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.70 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
- 1 Shattering Spree
$0.92
0.22 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 1 Arcbound Ravager
$2.30
0.02 tix
- 3 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
- 3 Traxos, Scourge of Kroog
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 3 Stonecoil Serpent
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 4 Walking Ballista
$7.01
1.38 tix
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
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (22)
- 3 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
- 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: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (3)
Artifacts (25)
- 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
- 2 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
- 3 Chromatic Star
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.71 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 Crucible of Worlds
$20.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.32 tix
- 1 Mystic Forge
$2.40
0.02 tix
- 3 Smokestack
$0.97
0.53 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (21)
- 4 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 2 Glimmervoid$1.73 0.02 tix
- 1 Inventors' Fair$15.32 0.02 tix
- 2 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 4 Mishra's Workshop$3000.97 11.46 tix
- 1 Spire of Industry$0.27 0.02 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.68 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 3.14 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 3 By Force
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.99
4.65 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.29
0.02 tix - 1 Monastery Mentor
$0.41
0.06 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
$2.11
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.87
0.11 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (14)
- 1 Daze
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 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
- 1 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 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.09
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (6)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.06
0.03 tix
- 1 By Force
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.27
0.09 tix
- 1 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix
- 1 Lutri, the Spellchaser
$0.59
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.70 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
- 1 Shattering Spree
$0.92
0.22 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
- 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
- 3 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
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (5)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Fragmentize
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.61 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 3 Shattering Spree
$0.92
0.22 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Cindervines
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.70 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.06
0.10 tix
- 2 Tarmogoyf
$5.45
0.03 tix
- 2 Winter Orb
$10.98
17.69 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
- 1 Remorseful Cleric
$0.20
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 Hallowed Spiritkeeper
$0.56
0.84 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
- 4 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.18 tix
- 2 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 1 Giver of Runes
$9.08
1.72 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.25
2.25 tix
- 2 Tomik, Distinguished Advokist
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.01
1.38 tix
Instants (7)
Lands (32)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (25)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
16.29 tix
- 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 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: 3 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
- 3 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
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (27)
- 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
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.85 2.98 tix
- 1 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 Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.60 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.07 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.31 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.31 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.40 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.70 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.30
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
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
$0.49
0.04 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Return to Nature
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Return to Nature$0.14 0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
- 1 Winter Orb
$10.98
17.69 tix
- 1 Winter Orb
$10.98
17.69 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (23)
Lands (9)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.70 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Mana Drain
$50.82
0.40 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.09
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (6)
Planeswalkers (6)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 By Force
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Ceremonious Rejection
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.89 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.27
0.09 tix
- 4 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix
- 1 Lutri, the Spellchaser
$0.59
0.02 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.40 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Shattering Spree
$0.92
0.22 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.22
0.03 tix
- 2 Nature's Claim
$0.38
0.01 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$115.10
9.61 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 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
- 1 Wilt
$0.12
0.03 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (15)
- 1 Daze
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 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
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.70 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.09
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (5)
Planeswalkers (6)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 By Force
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Ceremonious Rejection
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.27
0.09 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 4 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix
- 1 Lutri, the Spellchaser
$0.59
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix