Memory Lapse
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Magic Online Promos #35986 (common)
Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it on top of its owner's library instead of into that player's graveyard.
Memory Lapse has 19 printings, first in Homelands (1995). EDHREC ranks it #3,253 among Commander cards. It appears most in Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing decks (1,887 on EDHREC). It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Memory Lapse most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing: 1,887 decks
- Xanathar, Guild Kingpin: 1,618 decks
- Gonti, Canny Acquisitor: 1,368 decks
- Rashmi and Ragavan: 1,361 decks
- Kotis, the Fangkeeper: 1,329 decks
- Etrata, Deadly Fugitive: 1,258 decks
- Lonis, Cryptozoologist: 1,094 decks
- Baral, Chief of Compliance: 1,013 decks
Often played with Memory Lapse
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Memory Lapse has a self-replacement effect that replaces the spell going to the graveyard before any other effect can replace that event. If the spell was cast using flashback, however, flashback will change the spell's destination from its owner's library to exile.
Printings
- The List #EMA-60
- Eternal Masters #60
- Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska #24
- Seventh Edition #88
- Seventh Edition #88★
- Classic Sixth Edition #81
- Fifth Edition #103
- Mirage #74
- Homelands #32a
- Homelands #32b
- Secret Lair Drop #2142
- Strixhaven Mystical Archive #16
- World Championship Decks 2002 #cr88
- Judge Gift Cards 1999 #1
- World Championship Decks 1998 #rb32
- Pro Tour Collector Set #shr32asb
- Pro Tour Collector Set #shr32bsb
- Magic Online Promos #35986
- Strixhaven Mystical Archive #79