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Memory Lapse

staStrixhaven Mystical Archive#16rare
{1}{U}
Treatments
BorderlessShowcaseFoilEtched
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updated 2026-06-21
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Card details
Artist
Kristina Collantes
Frame
showcase
Language
EN
Border
borderless
Security stamp
oval
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
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
Oracle text

Instant

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.

Abilities
SpellCounter 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
CounterspellTuck
Flavor & art
“"Where do our forgotten thoughts go? I knew once, but I can't remember." —Director Taiva, journal entry”
Illustrated by
Kristina Collantes
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ScryfallTCGplayerEDHREC
Rulings
  • 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.