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Memory Lapse

Magic: The GatheringMirage#74

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Magic: The Gathering

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MirageMIR · #74

Card type: Instant
Rarity: Common
Indicative price: 0.68 € · 0.52 $
Mana value: 2
Colour: Blue

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.

Format legality

BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
CompetitivebrawlLegal
DuelLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricBanned
LegacyLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PauperLegal
PaupercommanderLegal
PredhLegal
PremodernLegal
TimelessLegal
VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

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Printing information

Illustrator: Rebecca Guay
Card language: English
Release date: 1996-10-08

Flavour text

"The caliph was so intelligent he could not remember what he knew." —Azeworai, "Three Riddles"

Rulings

2016-06-08

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.