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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: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 7.87 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 5.59 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$28.46 1.26 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix - 1 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix - 1 Hymn to Tourach
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 2 Marsh Casualties
$0.07
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix - 2 Painful Truths
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix - 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
15.69 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.63
1.00 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix - 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 tix
- 1 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.30
0.10 tix - 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.77 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.31
4.59 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (11)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Baleful Strix
$0.96
0.22 tix
- 1 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Fire Covenant
$0.33
0.13 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Sulfur Elemental
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.81 tix
- 1 Umezawa's Jitte
$2.98
0.09 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (11)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Forked Bolt
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.17 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.81 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Dead Weight
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 2 Golgari Charm
$0.88
0.03 tix - 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Invasive Surgery
$0.20
0.04 tix
- 2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$17.33
0.67 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$16.15
0.11 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Sorceries (12)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (22)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Bontu's Last Reckoning
$0.51
0.02 tix
- 1 Collective Brutality
$0.34
0.09 tix
- 1 Gaddock Teeg
$1.04
0.09 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 2 Magus of the Moat
$7.23
0.02 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Seal of Primordium
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 2 Welding Jar
$1.35
0.03 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (14)
Lands (20)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 7.87 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Extirpate
$1.33
0.03 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 2 Hymn to Tourach
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Marsh Casualties
$0.07
0.03 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Sorceries (27)
Instants (9)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
- 1 Dark Petition
$2.67
0.02 tix - 2 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 3 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Empty the Warrens
$0.14
0.02 tix
- 1 Grapeshot
$0.25
0.01 tix
- 1 Massacre
$0.46
1.12 tix
- 1 Past in Flames
$2.19
4.38 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Telemin Performance
$0.70
0.02 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.25
0.02 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Sorceries (25)
Instants (13)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.44
0.05 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 2 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.01 tix
- 1 Night's Whisper
$0.26
0.26 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.38
0.03 tix
- 1 Wipe Away
$0.32
0.03 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (24)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Invasive Surgery
$0.20
0.04 tix
- 1 Liliana, the Last Hope
$4.79
0.10 tix
- 2 Marsh Casualties
$0.07
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 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: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (17)
Lands (18)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.37 2.46 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.44 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Forked Bolt
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.07 tix
- 1 Invasive Surgery
$0.20
0.04 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: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
- 3 Snapcaster Mage
$16.15
0.11 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$16.15
0.11 tix
- 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
$0.23
0.02 tix - 1 Gurmag Angler
$0.19
0.03 tix - 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.62
1.16 tix
- 4 Deathrite Shaman
$4.89
0.80 tix - 1 Baleful Strix
$0.96
0.22 tix
- 2 Baleful Strix
$0.96
0.22 tix
- 1 Baleful Strix
$0.96
0.22 tix
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 7.87 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.64 1.84 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.01 2.38 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.92 4.30 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.90 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 14.40 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.01 tix
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Anger of the Gods
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 2 Ceremonious Rejection
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Deprive
$0.35
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.66
4.47 tix
- 2 Fulminator Mage
$1.14
0.06 tix - 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 2 Liliana, the Last Hope
$4.79
0.10 tix
- 1 Stubborn Denial
$3.07
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Sorceries (12)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (26)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Circle of Protection: Black
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 2 Collective Brutality
$0.34
0.09 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 3 Leyline of Sanctity
$0.30
0.10 tix
- 1 Maelstrom Pulse
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Magus of the Moat
$7.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.37
0.01 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Seal of Primordium
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Welding Jar
$1.35
0.03 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix
- 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Forked Bolt
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (16)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 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 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.17 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$115.10
10.08 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 3 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.81 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (16)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (1)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.33
0.02 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage$2.29 0.45 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.29
0.45 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.46
1.60 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.51
0.02 tix
- 2 Zealous Persecution
$0.14
0.03 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 1 Dismember
$3.13
3.79 tix
- 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.60 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.77 tix
- 1 Forked Bolt
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.30 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.31
5.32 tix
