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Surgical Extraction 
Oracle Text
can be paid with either 
or 2 life.)
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 | 92 | 1.2 | 1391 | 1.4 |
| Legacy | 56 | 1.5 | 534 | 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: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Instants (23)
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
- 2 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
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
16.29 tix - 1 Bojuka Bog$0.87 0.01 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.09
3.85 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix - 1 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix - 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 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: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 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
- 2 Sanctum Prelate
$1.50
0.07 tix
- 2 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 3 Recruiter of the Guard
$5.20
0.18 tix
- 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 3 Mother of Runes
$8.25
2.25 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.01
1.38 tix
Lands (24)
Sideboard
- 1 Act of Authority
$0.86
0.79 tix
- 2 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.08 tix
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.06
1.44 tix
- 2 Deafening Silence
$1.09
0.02 tix
- 1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
$0.59
0.02 tix
- 2 Karn, Scion of Urza
$4.14
0.02 tix - 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 War Priest of Thune
$0.08
0.03 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
- 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 - 3 Assassin's Trophy
$0.65
0.02 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix - 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.06
0.03 tix - 1 Assassin's Trophy
$0.65
0.02 tix
- 3 Energy Flux
$0.27
0.09 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Legion's End
$0.13
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (17)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.68 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.60 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.31 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (9)
Lands (24)
- 1 Barren Moor$0.15 0.03 tix
- 2 Blackcleave Cliffs$1.80 0.02 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$8.83 0.02 tix
- 3 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.35 tix
- 1 Blooming Marsh$1.90 0.10 tix
- 1 Castle Locthwain$3.74 0.39 tix
- 2 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.41 0.02 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Nurturing Peatland$6.50 1.27 tix
- 2 Overgrown Tomb$9.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Raging Ravine$0.17 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
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.51 1.20 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.02 2.44 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Anger of the Gods
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 2 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.06
0.03 tix
- 1 Collective Brutality
$0.34
0.09 tix
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.06
1.44 tix
- 2 Fulminator Mage
$1.14
0.06 tix - 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Sorcerous Spyglass
$0.08
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Tireless Tracker
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Vraska, Golgari Queen
$5.04
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Angrath's Rampage
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Painful Truths
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
Sorceries (7)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 3 Prismatic Vista$25.85 2.98 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.09 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 5 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.60 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.07 tix
- 1 Windswept Heath$10.13 0.86 tix
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
$1.06
0.03 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.49
0.04 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 2 Gilded Drake
$196.36
6.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.61 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.35 tix
- 1 Fiery Islet$4.36 7.30 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.31 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.61 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Pyrostatic Pillar
$2.71
0.04 tix
- 1 Sulfuric Vortex
$0.91
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix - 1 Vapor Snag
$0.23
0.03 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (20)
- 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
- 3 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 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (9)
Lands (24)
- 1 Academy Ruins$4.95 0.02 tix
- 1 Blast Zone$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 1 Gemstone Caverns$52.24 0.90 tix
- 5 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 River of Tears$0.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Tectonic Edge$0.24 0.03 tix
- 1 Tolaria West$0.44 0.45 tix
- 4 Urza's Mine$0.57 0.03 tix
- 4 Urza's Power Plant$0.60 0.03 tix
- 4 Urza's Tower$0.63 0.03 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
$20.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.09
3.85 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Mindslaver
$2.57
0.02 tix
- 1 Mycosynth Lattice
$36.61
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 2 Spatial Contortion$0.18 0.03 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 Spreading Seas
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction$1.31 5.50 tix
- 1 Trinisphere
$29.08
7.32 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (5)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Back to Basics
$3.38
13.25 tix
- 1 Carpet of Flowers
$1.52
5.74 tix
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Monastery Mentor
$0.41
0.06 tix
- 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 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 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.31 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
- 1 Remorseful Cleric
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Spirit of the Labyrinth
$0.37
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
- 2 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 (23)
Sideboard
- 1 Cataclysm
$1.35
12.86 tix
- 2 Chalice of the Void
$14.91
3.49 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.08 tix
- 1 Damping Sphere
$1.06
1.44 tix
- 1 Deafening Silence
$1.09
0.02 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.92
0.01 tix
- 1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
$0.59
0.02 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.09
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
- 4 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.08 tix
- 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 3 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 2 Mirran Crusader
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Sanctum Prelate
$1.50
0.07 tix
- 3 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 (25)
Sideboard
- 3 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.08 tix
- 2 Deafening Silence
$1.09
0.02 tix
- 2 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
$0.59
0.02 tix
- 1 Gut Shot
$4.70
0.03 tix - 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.09
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.01
1.38 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (26)
- 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 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
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.11 0.02 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.51 1.20 tix
- 2 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 Collector Ouphe
$2.98
0.10 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.92
0.01 tix
- 1 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 1 Life from the Loam
$4.76
3.18 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Rite of Consumption
$2.37
1.04 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
$4.69
0.06 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
