---
name: "Memnarch"
mana_cost: "{7}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Legendary Artifact Creature — Wizard"
colors: []
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "ARC"
set_name: "Archenemy"
collector_number: "112"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Carl Critchlow"
oracle_id: "52d8e70b-7e94-4e17-811f-70afe39ff9bd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/memnarch-arc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Memnarch
- **Mana Cost:** `{7}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Legendary Artifact Creature — Wizard

## Oracle Text
{1}{U}{U}: Target permanent becomes an artifact in addition to its other types. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
{3}{U}: Gain control of target artifact. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Magus of the Unseen](/printing/magus-of-the-unseen-me2.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Memnarchitect](/printing/memnarchitect-unk.md) — Creature — Vedalken Artificer
3. [Neurok Transmuter](/printing/neurok-transmuter-dst.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Invoke the Winds](/printing/invoke-the-winds-neo.md) — Sorcery
5. [Master Thief](/printing/master-thief-znc.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
6. [Karn's Touch](/printing/karns-touch-mmq.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Archenemy (ARC) #112
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Carl Critchlow

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2004-12-01)* You can use the first ability on a nonartifact permanent, wait for the ability to resolve, and then use the second ability on that permanent.
- *(2004-12-01)* The effects of Memnarch’s abilities don’t end at end of turn, and they don’t end when Memnarch leaves the battlefield. Both effects last until the affected permanent leaves the battlefield.