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Memory Lapse

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World Championship Decks 2002·wc02 #cr88·Common·2002·Art by Tristan Elwell
StandardNot Legal
ModernNot Legal
CommanderLegal
LegacyLegal
PioneerNot Legal
VintageLegal
Memory Lapse
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Oracle Text

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.

"Eri phar phesta … um, phistor … er, phistara …"

Set
World Championship Decks 2002 (WC02)
Number
#cr88
Rarity
Common
Artist
Tristan Elwell
Frame
1997
Border
Gold
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil
USD
$0.67
EUR
€0.76

Indicative figures.

Card Knowledge

Legalities

StandardNot Legal
PioneerNot Legal
ModernNot Legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal

Rulings1

6/8/2016·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.

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