---
name: "Memory Leak"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "IKO"
set_name: "Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths"
collector_number: "95"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Karl Kopinski"
oracle_id: "256d884f-5dea-4906-a53d-cf14d43e6bc8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/memory-leak-iko"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Memory Leak
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from that player's graveyard or hand and exile it.
Cycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

> *"젊음이 떠나면 모든 것이 절반이 된다. 나는 내가 만났던 자들의 이름 절반을, 내가 살아온 해의 절반을, 나 자신의 절반을 기억한다."
—방랑 현자, 오가로*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Never Happened](/printing/never-happened-grn.md) — Sorcery
2. [Memory Theft](/printing/memory-theft-eld.md) — Sorcery
3. [Specter's Shriek](/printing/specters-shriek-eld.md) — Sorcery
4. [Fade from Memory](/printing/fade-from-memory-ons.md) — Instant
5. [Painful Memories](/printing/painful-memories-mir.md) — Sorcery
6. [Castigate](/printing/castigate-gpt.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) #95
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Karl Kopinski
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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