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Memory Lapse

Memory Lapse Price

19 printings · 15 sets · first printed 1995

Cheapest $0.37
Median $0.72
Highest $87.48
EDHREC Rank #3,228

Memory Lapse has been printed 19 times across 15 sets, first in 1995 and most recently in 2025. Right now the cheapest printing is Homelands #32b at $0.37, while the most expensive is Seventh Edition #88★ at $87.48 — about 236× more. The median across 17 priced printings is $0.72. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 19x, including dedicated reprint sets like The List, Eternal Masters.

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Every Memory Lapse Printing, Compared

Cheapest first · unpriced last
Printing Year Price Dealer Buys
Homelands #32b (C) Cheapest 1995 $0.37 $0.09
The List #EMA-60 (C) 2019 $0.44 $0.40
Seventh Edition #88 (C) 2001 $0.45 $45.00 foil
Fifth Edition #103 (C) 1997 $0.45 $0.09
Classic Sixth Edition #81 (C) 1999 $0.45 —
Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska #24 (C) 2014 $0.51 —
Mirage #74 (C) 1996 $0.52 $0.06
Eternal Masters #60 (C) 2016 $0.60 —
Homelands #32a (C) 1995 $0.72 $0.06
World Championship Decks 2002 #cr88 (C) 2002 $1.22 $0.85
World Championship Decks 1998 #rb32 (C) 1998 $1.75 $1.40
Secret Lair Drop #2142 (R) Foil 2025 $1.99 $0.80 foil
Strixhaven Mystical Archive #16 (R) 2021 $2.05 $0.25
Pro Tour Collector Set #shr32asb (C) 1996 $2.49 $0.65
Strixhaven Mystical Archive #79 (R) 2021 $6.49 $7.50 foil
Judge Gift Cards 1999 #1 (R) Foil 1999 $39.85 $21.00 foil
Seventh Edition #88★ (C) Foil 2001 $87.48 —
Magic Online Promos #35986 (C) Foil 2014 — —
Pro Tour Collector Set #shr32bsb (C) 1996 — $0.70

Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.

Oracle Text
Instant
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.
Legal In
Legacy Vintage Commander Pauper Brawl PreDH

Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 19 versions.

Official Judge Precedents

1 Precedents

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.