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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: 5 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix - 1 Anger of the Gods
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Beacon Bolt
$0.23
0.03 tix - 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix - 1 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 2 Dragon's Claw
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 2 Remand
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Shatterstorm
$0.30
0.15 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (23)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 2 Bitterblossom
$32.99
0.02 tix
- 2 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Electrickery
$0.28
0.03 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
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 2 Back to Basics
$3.38
13.25 tix
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.29
16.29 tix
- 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
15.68 tix
- 1 Liliana, the Last Hope
$4.68
0.10 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.70 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Liliana, the Last Hope
$4.68
0.10 tix
- 1 Marsh Casualties
$0.07
0.03 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.70 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.31
0.06 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.73 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (4)
Lands (23)
- 3 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 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
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.51 1.20 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 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
- 2 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
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (16)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.56 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1675.25 0.12 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.37 2.30 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.56 3.92 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.68 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.60 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.31 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.31 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (35)
- 1 Meddling Mage$2.29 0.40 tix
- 4 Kitesail Freebooter
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 2 Phantasmal Image
$4.44
0.02 tix
- 3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix - 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 4 Thalia's Lieutenant
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Orzhov Pontiff
$0.13
0.02 tix
- 2 Reflector Mage
$0.35
0.03 tix
- 1 Sanctum Prelate
$1.50
0.07 tix
- 2 Imperial Recruiter
$13.60
0.02 tix
- 4 Noble Hierarch
$10.40
0.21 tix - 4 Champion of the Parish
$1.00
0.02 tix
- 2 Mother of Runes
$8.25
2.25 tix
- 2 Mother of Runes
$8.25
2.25 tix
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.40 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Deputy of Detention
$0.38
0.02 tix
- 2 Dismember
$3.09
3.85 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.92
0.01 tix
- 1 Gaddock Teeg
$1.04
0.06 tix
- 2 Knight of Autumn$0.41 0.02 tix
- 1 Orzhov Pontiff
$0.13
0.02 tix
- 1 Palace Jailer
$0.22
0.04 tix
- 1 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
$0.16
0.02 tix
- 1 Sanctum Prelate
$1.50
0.07 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.08 tix
- 3 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.08 tix
- 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Brightling
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 3 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 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
- 2 Mother of Runes
$8.25
2.25 tix
- 2 Mother of Runes
$8.25
2.25 tix
- 2 Serra Avenger
$0.47
0.02 tix
Instants (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 1 Cataclysm
$1.35
12.86 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 3 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.08 tix
- 2 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
$0.59
0.02 tix
- 1 Leonin Relic-Warder
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.09
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.01
1.38 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Boseiju, Who Shelters All$17.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Firemind's Foresight
$0.20
0.02 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
16.53 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.32
0.46 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Release the Ants
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Rushing River
$0.13
0.04 tix
- 1 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Through the Breach
$0.43
0.02 tix
- 1 Trickbind
$9.06
0.02 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Baleful Strix
$0.95
0.22 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.63
1.16 tix
- 1 Liliana, the Last Hope
$4.68
0.10 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.06
0.10 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (20)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Back to Basics
$3.38
13.25 tix
- 1 Celestial Purge
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.70 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (25)
- 1 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.08 tix
- 3 Stoneforge Mystic
$29.83
0.08 tix
- 3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 4 Flickerwisp
$0.22
0.03 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
- 1 Restoration Angel
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 4 Mother of Runes
$8.25
2.25 tix
- 1 Walking Ballista
$7.01
1.38 tix
Instants (4)
Lands (24)
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 Dismember
$3.09
3.85 tix
- 1 Karn, Scion of Urza
$4.14
0.02 tix
- 1 Leonin Relic-Warder
$0.22
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
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 2 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
- 2 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
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Anger of the Gods
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 1 Beacon Bolt
$0.23
0.03 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.16 tix
- 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
$2.92
0.28 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 1 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.10 tix
- 3 Life Goes On
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (22)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (3)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Council's Judgment
$0.42
0.08 tix
- 2 Counterbalance
$3.58
0.89 tix
- 2 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
$0.59
0.02 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.50 tix
- 2 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Boseiju, Who Shelters All$17.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Firemind's Foresight
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
16.53 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.32
0.46 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Release the Ants
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Rushing River
$0.13
0.04 tix
- 1 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction$1.31 5.50 tix
- 1 Through the Breach
$0.43
0.02 tix
- 1 Trickbind
$9.06
0.02 tix
