“What a lonely agony, the memory of memories lost.”
Memory Lapse
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Instant
Mana Cost: {1}{U}
Oracle Rules 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.
Flavor Text: What a lonely agony, the memory of memories lost.
Set: Eternal Masters (#60), Rarity: Common, Artist: Greg Staples
Instant
Blue
Common
$0.57
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✨ Foil
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
1 Languages
Official Rulings (1)
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.
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