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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: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Instants (24)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.15
0.03 tix - 2 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix - 1 Forked Bolt
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Liliana, the Last Hope
$4.79
0.10 tix
- 1 Marsh Casualties
$0.07
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (11)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix - 1 Engineered Plague
$7.89
9.80 tix - 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.87
0.01 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Massacre Wurm
$1.26
0.02 tix - 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 3 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 2 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.33
0.67 tix
- 1 Liliana, the Last Hope
$4.79
0.10 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.05
0.10 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.43
0.08 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (8)
Lands (23)
- 3 Blooming Marsh$1.96 0.09 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Godless Shrine$8.72 0.03 tix
- 3 Marsh Flats$31.46 0.88 tix
- 2 Overgrown Tomb$9.33 0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Shambling Vent$0.31 0.02 tix
- 1 Stirring Wildwood$0.29 0.02 tix
- 2 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.35 0.02 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 2 Windswept Heath$9.73 0.88 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Collective Brutality
$0.34
0.09 tix
- 1 Damnation
$15.65
0.06 tix
- 1 Flaying Tendrils
$0.07
0.03 tix
- 3 Fulminator Mage
$1.14
0.06 tix - 1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
$0.59
0.02 tix - 1 Maelstrom Pulse
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (10)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (24)
- 1 Academy Ruins$4.89 0.02 tix
- 1 Gemstone Caverns$52.31 0.90 tix
- 5 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.63 0.03 tix
- 1 River of Tears$0.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Tectonic Edge$0.24 0.03 tix
- 1 Tolaria West$0.44 0.39 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
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (2)
Artifacts (15)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (5)
Enchantments (6)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
- 4 Elvish Visionary
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
$18.52
0.03 tix - 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
$18.52
0.03 tix
- 4 Deathrite Shaman
$4.89
0.80 tix - 1 Birchlore Rangers
$0.84
0.05 tix
- 4 Heritage Druid
$3.02
0.23 tix
- 4 Nettle Sentinel
$0.28
0.08 tix
- 4 Quirion Ranger
$1.49
0.65 tix
- 4 Wirewood Symbiote
$0.22
0.03 tix
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (4)
Lands (23)
- 3 Bayou$226.24 5.59 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.85 0.01 tix
- 4 Dark Depths$1.44 0.21 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.51 0.01 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.03 tix
- 3 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.11 0.03 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (24)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Bitterblossom
$32.83
0.02 tix
- 1 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Forked Bolt
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Invasive Surgery
$0.20
0.04 tix
- 1 Liliana, the Last Hope
$4.79
0.10 tix
- 1 Marsh Casualties
$0.07
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$16.15
0.11 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Winter Orb
$10.98
18.36 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (4)
Lands (24)
- 3 Bayou$226.24 5.59 tix
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.85 0.01 tix
- 4 Dark Depths$1.44 0.21 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.72 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.42 0.02 tix
- 1 Sejiri Steppe$0.31 0.03 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Thespian's Stage$0.31 0.03 tix
- 3 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth$58.11 0.03 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
Planeswalkers (5)
Lands (21)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 7.87 tix
- 3 Grove of the Burnwillows$5.90 1.02 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.50
0.02 tix
- 1 Ob Nixilis Reignited
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 1 Pernicious Deed
$3.14
13.72 tix
- 1 Phyrexian Revoker
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Pulse of Murasa
$0.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.05
0.10 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Ceremonious Rejection
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Collective Brutality
$0.34
0.09 tix
- 1 Disdainful Stroke
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 2 Kozilek's Return
$0.30
0.46 tix
- 2 Liliana of the Veil
$4.86
0.72 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Stubborn Denial
$3.07
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (11)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 3 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 2 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.17 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (5)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Chains of Mephistopheles
$1183.06
1.03 tix
- 1 Choke
$0.65
0.79 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 2 Magus of the Moon
$3.99
1.17 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 2 Urborg Justice
$3.22
0.25 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (5)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.72 0.02 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.41 2.00 tix
- 1 Krosan Grip
$0.77
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 4 Sphere of Resistance
$12.03
10.48 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$26.05
0.10 tix
- 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
$4.69
0.06 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.43
0.08 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2