Agonizing Memories
Sorcery
Look at target player's hand and choose two cards from it. Put them on top of that player's library in any order.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #26886
Agonizing Memories hands you a two-card look at an opponent's hand, puts both cards on top of their library, and taxes their next two draws — all for four mana at sorcery speed. It's a fringe card: the effect is real, but four mana for non-permanent disruption is too slow for most competitive tables.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Agonizing Memories occupies a narrow slot — it's best in dedicated discard or political decks where seeing an opponent's hand has table-wide value, but most black strategies would rather run unconditional removal or hand-sculpting that affects their own game plan. Legacy and Vintage have far more efficient disruption, so Agonizing Memories sees essentially no play there. Modern, while technically legal, never had a reason to run it over Thoughtseize or Inquisition of Kozilek. The card finds its most defensible home in Commander builds piloted by commanders like Tinybones, Trinket Thief or Geth, Lord of the Vault, where knowing and disrupting an opponent's hand feeds broader engines.
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Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Agonizing Memories is deep bulk — the price reflects a card that has never been competitively demanded and exists in ample supply. It holds no meaningful value trajectory; pick it up if the effect fits a specific build, but don't expect it to appreciate.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.