Memory Lapse

World Championship Decks 1998 (WC98) #rb32 · Common · Instant

Mana cost: {1}{U}

Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it on top of its owner's library instead of into that player's graveyard.

"Um . . . oh . . . what was I saying?"
—Reveka, Wizard Savant

Illustrated by Mark Tedin · Released August 12, 1998

Prices

• Nonfoil: $1.75 USD · €0.67 EUR

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.17 USD (10.8%) to $1.75 USD; low $1.58 USD, high $1.75 USD.

Printings

1. Secret Lair Drop #2142 (SLD) · Rare · 2025 · $1.92 USD foil
2. Strixhaven Mystical Archive #16 (STA) · Rare · 2021 · $2.05 USD
3. The List #EMA-60 (PLST) · Common · 2019 · $0.44 USD
4. Eternal Masters #60 (EMA) · Common · 2016 · $0.60 USD
5. Magic Online Promos #35986 (PRM) · Common · 2014
6. Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska #24 (DDM) · Common · 2014 · $0.51 USD
7. World Championship Decks 2002 #cr88 (WC02) · Common · 2002 · $1.22 USD
8. Seventh Edition #88 (7ED) · Common · 2001 · $0.45 USD
9. Seventh Edition #88★ (7ED) · Common · 2001 · $87.48 USD foil
10. Classic Sixth Edition #81 (6ED) · Common · 1999 · $0.45 USD
11. Judge Gift Cards 1999 #1 (G99) · Rare · 1999 · $39.85 USD foil
12. World Championship Decks 1998 #rb32 (this printing) · Common · 1998 · $1.75 USD
13. Fifth Edition #103 (5ED) · Common · 1997 · $0.45 USD
14. Mirage #74 (MIR) · Common · 1996 · $0.52 USD
15. Pro Tour Collector Set #shr32asb (PTC) · Common · 1996 · $2.49 USD
16. Pro Tour Collector Set #shr32bsb (PTC) · Common · 1996
17. Homelands #32a (HML) · Common · 1995 · $0.72 USD
18. Homelands #32b (HML) · Common · 1995 · $0.37 USD

Legality

• Standard: Not legal
• Alchemy: Not legal
• Pioneer: Not legal
• Historic: Banned
• Modern: Not legal
• Brawl: Legal
• Legacy: Legal
• Timeless: Legal
• Vintage: Legal
• Pauper: Legal
• Commander: Legal
• Penny: Not legal
• Oathbreaker: Legal
• Duel: Legal

Rulings

1. 2016-06-08 · wotc — Memory Lapse has a self-replacement effect that replaces the spell going to the graveyard before any other effect can replace that event. If the spell was cast using flashback, however, flashback will change the spell's destination from its owner's library to exile.

Played in these commander decks

1. Gonti, Canny Acquisitor · in 12% of 50 decks
2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun · in 7% of 42 decks
3. Stella Lee, Wild Card · in 7% of 45 decks

All cards in World Championship Decks 1998 (WC98)