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Memory Lapse

{1}{U}

Instant

5EDFifth Edition#103common
Banned in Historic

"Oh, I had a conscience once. But alas, I seem to have forgotten where I put it." —Chandler

Border
white
Frame
1997
Pull rate
~1 in 6–15
Illustrator
Mark Tedin
Found in
Fifth Edition Starter Deck · Fifth Edition Booster Pack
Printings19CombosIn 23
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricBanned
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernLegal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
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.

Plays as: Counterspell · Tuck

Market · per finishspark updated 14h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.48
$0.34 low$0.19 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.38· across 19 printings

Rulings

1 · latest Jun 8, 2016 · one tap opens all
  • WotCJun 8, 2016

    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.