Fade from Memory
Instant
Exile target card from a graveyard.
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #23568
Fade from Memory exiles a card from any graveyard and then cleans out every other copy of that card across all graveyards, hands, and libraries — a uniquely thorough erasure for one black mana. It's a niche piece of graveyard hate, not a staple, but in the right meta it does things Tormod's Crypt and Relic of Progenitus can't.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Fade from Memory occupies a narrow but real slot: one black mana to permanently erase a specific card from the entire game is strong against recursion-dependent strategies like Karador, Ghost Chieftain or Muldrotha, the Gravetide, where a single engine card reoccurring every turn wins games. Legacy and Vintage are the only other formats where it's legal, and neither has meaningful demand for it — faster, broader graveyard hate like Surgical Extraction dominates those formats. Fade from Memory's sorcery speed is its biggest liability in competitive play, but in a 99-card singleton format where one card often matters more than a wide sweep, the precision can be worth it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Fade from Memory is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not scarcity. That price is stable; there's no pressure driving it up, and no reprint risk worth thinking about at this level.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.