Memory Lapse

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Memory Lapse: Instant, Eternal Masters. Counter target spell. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{U}
Mana value
2
Type
Instant
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Rarity
Common
Set
Eternal Masters (EMA)
Released
2016-06-10
Collector number
60
Artist
Greg Staples
Commander rank
3,194 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Memory Lapse

Memory Lapse is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common blue instant from Eternal Masters (EMA), a Masters set released in June 2016. It is collector number 60 in that set, with art by Greg Staples. It costs {1}{U} (one generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Brawl, Timeless and Gladiator. It is banned in Historic. It has been printed in 15 sets, from Homelands (1995) to Strixhaven Mystical Archive (2021). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.58 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

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.

What a lonely agony, the memory of memories lost.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.58 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Memory Lapse by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
PremodernLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricBanned
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Memory Lapse

Memory Lapse has been printed in 15 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2142Rare2025
Strixhaven Mystical Archive (STA) #16Rare2021
Strixhaven Mystical Archive (STA) #79Rare2021
The List (PLST) #EMA-60Common2019
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #35986Common2014
Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska (DDM) #24Common2014
World Championship Decks 2002 (WC02) #cr88Common2002
Seventh Edition (7ED) #88Common2001
Seventh Edition (7ED) #88★Common2001
Classic Sixth Edition (6ED) #81Common1999
Judge Gift Cards 1999 (G99) #1Rare1999
World Championship Decks 1998 (WC98) #rb32Common1998

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Memory Lapse.

  • 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.

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