---
name: "Memory Jar"
mana_cost: "{5}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "VMA"
set_name: "Vintage Masters"
collector_number: "276"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Donato Giancola"
oracle_id: "eb9c9a34-88a8-4afe-a053-806f6b29834f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/memory-jar-vma"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "banned"
  vintage: "restricted"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Memory Jar
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Each player exiles all cards from their hand face down and draws seven cards. At the beginning of the next end step, each player discards their hand and returns to their hand each card they exiled this way.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Memory Vessel](/printing/memory-vessel-big.md) — Artifact
2. [Magus of the Jar](/printing/magus-of-the-jar-tsp.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Jace's Archivist](/printing/jaces-archivist-c15.md) — Creature — Vedalken Wizard
4. [Wheel of Fortune](/printing/wheel-of-fortune-vma.md) — Sorcery
5. [Memorial Vault](/printing/memorial-vault-eoe.md) — Artifact
6. [Induced Amnesia](/printing/induced-amnesia-rix.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Vintage Masters (VMA) #276
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Donato Giancola

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2004-10-04)* You can’t look at the cards you exiled until they return to your hand.