I'm using 2 main Surgical Extraction main board replacing the two Gitaxian Probe. I can say that they are working beautifully.
When using the Surgical Extraction in the main board you can do the following:
1. Look at opponent's hand and library for information.
2. Disrupt opponent's strategies by removing all the copies of a key card from the game. Very effective if you're facing one trick pony decks. Also works well with Thoughtscour if you managed to mill a relevant card from opponent's graveyard.
3. You can immediately create a token from Young Pyromancer.
4. You can even remove fetchlands which can also disrupt opponent's manabase.
In line with have Surgical Extractions in the mainboard (2) and sideboard (2), I am using the following cards:
1. Mana Leak/Negate - You need to have the card be put into the graveyard in order to target it with Surgical Extraction.
2. Tectonic Edge/Ghost Quarter/Stone Rain - To deal with pesky non-basics and removing it from the game with Surgical
Extraction.
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When using the Surgical Extraction in the main board you can do the following:
1. Look at opponent's hand and library for information.
2. Disrupt opponent's strategies by removing all the copies of a key card from the game. Very effective if you're facing one trick pony decks. Also works well with Thoughtscour if you managed to mill a relevant card from opponent's graveyard.
3. You can immediately create a token from Young Pyromancer.
4. You can even remove fetchlands which can also disrupt opponent's manabase.
In line with have Surgical Extractions in the mainboard (2) and sideboard (2), I am using the following cards:
1. Mana Leak/Negate - You need to have the card be put into the graveyard in order to target it with Surgical Extraction.
2. Tectonic Edge/Ghost Quarter/Stone Rain - To deal with pesky non-basics and removing it from the game with Surgical
Extraction.
Try it and you will be surprised. :-D