---
name: "Memory Theft"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ELD"
set_name: "Throne of Eldraine"
collector_number: "96"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Micah Epstein"
oracle_id: "1d60e2a7-2059-48cb-a6ab-36ba25b80b3a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/memory-theft-eld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. You may put a card that has an Adventure that player owns from exile into that player's graveyard.

> *In der Wildnis stehlen die Raben weit mehr als nur Tand.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pilfer](/printing/pilfer-dmu.md) — Sorcery
2. [Psychic Theft](/printing/psychic-theft-pcy.md) — Sorcery
3. [Perish the Thought](/printing/perish-the-thought-roe.md) — Sorcery
4. [Painful Memories](/printing/painful-memories-mir.md) — Sorcery
5. [Cerebral Confiscation](/printing/cerebral-confiscation-mkm.md) — Sorcery
6. [Castigate](/printing/castigate-gpt.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Throne of Eldraine (ELD) #96
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Micah Epstein
- **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: `legal`