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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: 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: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix - 1 Anger of the Gods
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Ceremonious Rejection
$0.17
0.03 tix - 2 Collective Brutality
$0.34
0.09 tix
- 2 Disdainful Stroke
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 1 Drown in the Loch
$0.99
0.03 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Negate
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Stubborn Denial
$3.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 The Royal Scions
$0.51
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 4 Prismatic Vista$25.85 2.98 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 4 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: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (24)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
9.61 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer$0.25 0.03 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Tyrant's Scorn
$0.13
0.03 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (24)
Instants (6)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Ensnaring Bridge
$5.99
4.65 tix - 2 Magus of the Moon
$4.07
1.17 tix
- 1 Ratchet Bomb
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.70 tix
- 2 Shenanigans
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Sorcerous Spyglass
$0.08
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 Thorn of Amethyst
$0.57
0.02 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix - 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (24)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.06 0.02 tix
- 2 Celestial Colonnade$0.35 0.02 tix
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.87 0.06 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 4 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.39 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Back to Basics
$3.38
13.25 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 2 Return to Nature
$0.14
0.03 tix - 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.48
0.10 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.06
0.10 tix
- 3 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
Lands (20)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 6.36 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.85 2.98 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 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
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.53 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.60 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.51 1.20 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
16.29 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.87 0.01 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.49
0.04 tix
- 1 Crop Rotation
$3.51
2.12 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 1 Liliana of the Veil
$4.86
0.65 tix
- 1 Liliana, the Last Hope
$4.68
0.10 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$16.04
0.11 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 Winter Orb
$10.98
17.69 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (20)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.87 0.01 tix
- 1 Dark Depths$1.49 0.21 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.68 tix
- 1 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.02 tix
- 4 Tropical Island$312.50 9.60 tix
- 4 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.31 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.53 0.02 tix
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
- 4 Daze
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.52
0.04 tix
- 1 Demonic Consultation
$7.17
1.19 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Crop Rotation
$3.51
2.12 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 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (22)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 6.36 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Glacial Chasm$23.88 11.94 tix
- 1 Golgari Rot Farm$0.26 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 4 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.03 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Simic Growth Chamber$0.24 0.01 tix
- 4 Tropical Island$312.50 9.60 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Assassin's Trophy
$0.65
0.02 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.49
0.04 tix
- 3 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 10.95 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (28)
- 1 Once Upon a Time
$0.65
0.10 tix
- 2 Snapback
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 4 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 4 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 4 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Misdirection
$5.84
8.87 tix
- 4 Commandeer
$2.50
0.14 tix - 3 Noxious Revival
$5.35
0.02 tix - 1 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
Lands (8)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (22)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.06 0.02 tix
- 2 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.87 0.06 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.85 2.98 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 4 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.39 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 2 Damping Sphere
$1.06
1.44 tix
- 1 Disdainful Stroke
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Thragtusk
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 2 Timely Reinforcements
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (20)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.85 2.98 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 5 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.07 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.31 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
16.29 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$49.45
18.79 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.68 tix
- 2 Monastery Mentor
$0.41
0.06 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.70 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 Wear/Tear
$1.30
4.72 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 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 Force of Vigor
$4.23
3.00 tix
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
16.53 tix
- 1 Release the Ants
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Shared Summons
$1.05
0.02 tix
- 3 Shifting Ceratops
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.06
0.10 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.09
3.85 tix
- 2 Dragon's Claw
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Flame Slash
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.32
0.46 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.46 tix
- 1 Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
$0.22
0.03 tix - 2 Smash to Smithereens
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (22)
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.06 0.02 tix
- 2 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$7.87 0.06 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Prismatic Vista$25.85 2.98 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 4 Snow-Covered Island$1.03 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.39 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 2 Damping Sphere
$1.06
1.44 tix
- 1 Disdainful Stroke
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Thragtusk
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 2 Timely Reinforcements
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.17
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
