First printed in New Phyrexia (2011)

All 11 prints

Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2003, 2025
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2022, 2025
Breaking News (OTP) #19, 2024
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #102251, 2022 (digital)
Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #356, 2022
Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #444, 2022
Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #94, 2022
Modern Masters 2015 (MM2) #99, 2015
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #40072, 2011 (digital)
New Phyrexia (NPH) #74, 2011
New Phyrexia Promos (PNPH) #74★, 2011

Surgical Extraction

Instant

( Black or 2 life can be paid with either Black 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.

In the last 30 days 5.9% of Modern decks played it (8 of 135). Most played in Moonshadow. In the last 30 days 16.3% of Legacy decks played it (17 of 104). Most played in UBG (unclassified).

Staple

Modern staples: sideboard, 6% of decks (#49)
Black, Instants, Graveyard hate
Legacy staples: sideboard, 16% of decks (#12)
Black, Instants, Graveyard hate

Last 120 days of MTGO results.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Modern Other periods →

In 8 of 135 decks (5.9%).

Share of decks

5.9%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

0 main, 8 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

62%

1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Moonshadow	11.1%	20%
BG (unclassified)	3.0%	25%
Mono-Green (unclassified)	3.0%	25%
Mono-Black (unclassified)	2.2%	33%
UBRG (unclassified)	1.5%	50%
WBG (unclassified)	0.7%	100%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
WBG Nekrohero in Modern Challenge 32	9-0 100%
Moonshadow MarcoIa in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%
UBRG tailorman in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Mono-Black Selfeisek in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Moonshadow Giox96 in Modern Challenge 32	3-3 50%
BG Lightspirit in Modern Challenge 32	3-3 50%
Moonshadow LucasG1ggs in Modern Challenge 32	2-4 33%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
WBG Nekrohero, 28 Oct	2 side	#1 9-0
Moonshadow MarcoIa, 27 Oct	1 side	#9 4-2
Moonshadow Giox96, 27 Oct	1 side	#21 3-3
Moonshadow LucasG1ggs, 27 Oct	1 side	#31 2-4
Mono-Green gurig, 27 Oct	1 side	#18 1-3
Mono-Black Selfeisek, 27 Oct	1 side	#12 4-2
UBRG tailorman, 27 Oct	2 side	#13 4-2
BG Lightspirit, 27 Oct	2 side	#18 3-3

Legacy Other periods →

In 17 of 104 decks (16.3%).