---
name: "Painful Memories"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MIR"
set_name: "Mirage"
collector_number: "133"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "John Coulthart"
oracle_id: "27a3faa1-4f1a-4581-9e19-9265faa9c10b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/painful-memories-mir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Painful Memories
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Look at target opponent's hand and choose a card from it. Put that card on top of that player's library.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Agonizing Memories](/printing/agonizing-memories-10e.md) — Sorcery
2. [Perish the Thought](/printing/perish-the-thought-roe.md) — Sorcery
3. [Memory Theft](/printing/memory-theft-eld.md) — Sorcery
4. [Agonizing Remorse](/printing/agonizing-remorse-thb.md) — Sorcery
5. [Lost Hours](/printing/lost-hours-fut.md) — Sorcery
6. [Castigate](/printing/castigate-gpt.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirage (MIR) #133
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** John Coulthart
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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