Memory Plunder
Memory Plunder: Instant, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {U/B}{U/B}{U/B}{U/B}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Blue and black (UB)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
- Released
- 2022-06-10
- Collector number
- 849
- Artist
- Dan Murayama Scott
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About Memory Plunder
Memory Plunder is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue and black instant from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB), a draft-focused set released in June 2022. It is collector number 849 in that set, with art by Dan Murayama Scott. It costs {U/B}{U/B}{U/B}{U/B} to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is blue and black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Shadowmoor (2008) to Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.56 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
You may cast target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard without paying its mana cost.
"Vengeance is the echo of the victim's own crime." -Grensch, merrow cutthroat
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.56 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Memory Plunder by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Memory Plunder
Memory Plunder has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Commander 2017 (C17) #178 | Rare | 2017 |
| Shadowmoor (SHM) #169 | Rare | 2008 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Memory Plunder, newest first.
- If you want to cast the card, you cast it as part of the resolution of Memory Plunder. Timing restrictions based on the card's type are ignored if it's a sorcery. Other casting restrictions are not (such as “Cast [this card] only during combat”).
- If you cast a card “without paying its mana cost,” you can't pay any alternative costs. On the other hand, if the card has additional costs (such as conspire), you may pay those.
- If you are unable to cast the card (there are no legal targets for the spell, for example), nothing happens when Memory Plunder resolves, and the card remains in its owner's graveyard.
Similar cards
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