Memory Lapse
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.
Each scale glitters, a momentary distraction from everything that matters.
Illustrated by Wylie Beckert · Secret Lair Drop (SLD)
Legalities
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Duel Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
Printings
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Secret Lair Drop
#2142
rare
2025-12-01
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Strixhaven Mystical Archive
#16
rare
2021-04-23
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The List
#EMA-60
common
2019-11-07
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Eternal Masters
#60
common
2016-06-10
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Magic Online Promos
#35986
common
2014-10-17
-
Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska
#24
common
2014-03-14
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World Championship Decks 2002
#cr88
common
2002-12-01
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Seventh Edition
#88★
common
2001-04-11
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Seventh Edition
#88
common
2001-04-11
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Classic Sixth Edition
#81
common
1999-04-21
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Judge Gift Cards 1999
#1
rare
1999-01-01
-
World Championship Decks 1998
#rb32
common
1998-08-12
-
Fifth Edition
#103
common
1997-03-24
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Mirage
#74
common
1996-10-08
-
Pro Tour Collector Set
#shr32bsb
common
1996-05-01
-
Pro Tour Collector Set
#shr32asb
common
1996-05-01
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Homelands
#32b
common
1995-10-01
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Homelands
#32a
common
1995-10-01
Rulings
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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.
Archetypes that play this card
Duel Commander
- Aragorn, King of Gondor 100.0% of lists
- Elminster 100.0% of lists
- Emry, Lurker of the Loch 100.0% of lists
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- Glarb, Calamity's Augur 100.0% of lists
- Goro-Goro and Satoru 100.0% of lists
- Jace, Multiverse Architect 100.0% of lists
- Kefka, Court Mage 100.0% of lists
- Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel 100.0% of lists
- Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. 100.0% of lists
- Niv-Mizzet, Parun 100.0% of lists
- Satya, Aetherflux Genius 100.0% of lists
- Tasigur, the Golden Fang 100.0% of lists
- Tivit, Seller of Secrets 100.0% of lists
- Aang, Swift Savior 50.0% of lists
- Atraxa, Grand Unifier 50.0% of lists
Pauper
- Other 2.3% of lists
Premodern
- Mono-White 25.0% of lists