Memory Lapse
1Instant
common
Seventh Edition (7ED)
Homelands #32a · 1995
€0.19
Homelands #32b · 1995
€0.18
Pro Tour Collector Set #shr32asb · 1996
€1.61
Pro Tour Collector Set #shr32bsb · 1996
€1.67
Mirage #74 · 1996
€0.29
Fifth Edition #103 · 1997
€0.26
World Championship Decks 1998 #rb32 · 1998
€0.52
Judge Gift Cards 1999 #1 · 1999
€24.21
Classic Sixth Edition #81 · 1999
€0.13
Seventh Edition #88 · 2001
€0.14
Seventh Edition #88★ · 2001
World Championship Decks 2002 #cr88 · 2002
€0.38
Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska #24 · 2014
€0.45
Magic Online Promos #35986 · 2014
Eternal Masters #60 · 2016
€0.19
The List #EMA-60 · 2019
€0.46
Strixhaven Mystical Archive #16 · 2021
€0.74
Strixhaven Mystical Archive #79 · 2021
€9.65
Secret Lair Drop #2142 · 2025
€2.02
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.
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#3,126 EDHREC
🖌 Tristan Elwell
Market prices
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Rulings (1)
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.
06/08/2016Legality by format
| Brawl | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Modern | Not legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Old School | Not legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Pioneer | Not legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Standard | Not legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Block Constructed | Not legal |
| Extended | Not legal |
| Frontier | Not legal |
| Tiny Leaders | Not legal |