---
name: "Distant Memories"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "MBS"
set_name: "Mirrodin Besieged"
collector_number: "24"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Karl Kopinski"
oracle_id: "12c78cc4-7fbe-4639-bef7-bf959a0d6d68"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/distant-memories-mbs"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Distant Memories
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Search your library for a card, exile it, then shuffle. Any opponent may have you put that card into your hand. If no player does, you draw three cards.

> *"The fleeting shadows of his primitive self have all but vanished."
—Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Selective Memory](/printing/selective-memory-wwk.md) — Sorcery
2. [Manipulate Fate](/printing/manipulate-fate-inv.md) — Sorcery
3. [Extract](/printing/extract-ody.md) — Sorcery
4. [Ancestral Memories](/printing/ancestral-memories-7ed.md) — Sorcery
5. [Denying Wind](/printing/denying-wind-pcy.md) — Sorcery
6. [Memories Returning](/printing/memories-returning-fin.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirrodin Besieged (MBS) #24
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Karl Kopinski
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`