Fleeting Memories
Enchantment
When this enchantment enters, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, target player mills three cards.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #16484
Fleeting Memories mills three cards per clue you sacrifice — stack enough investigate triggers and opponents lose their libraries without combat ever mattering. The cost is real: it does nothing without a steady clue engine behind it, so slotting it into a random goodstuff pile is a waste of a card slot, but in Lonis, Cryptozoologist it's a mill payoff that scales with every creature you play.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Lonis, Cryptozoologist
Lonis, Cryptozoologist generates a clue every time you or a teammate plays a nontoken creature, which means Fleeting Memories turns each of those free clues into three cards milled — the engine runs itself, and opponents are looking at an empty library well before combat becomes relevant.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Fleeting Memories is a Commander card first and last — the 100-card singleton format gives clue-based engines like Lonis, Cryptozoologist the density of support pieces they need to make three-per-clue milling actually close games. In Legacy and Vintage the card is legal but irrelevant; dedicated mill strategies in those formats have faster, more consistent options that don't require building around a secondary artifact type. Modern and Pioneer are theoretically possible homes if clue synergies ever coalesce into a competitive shell, but as of now Fleeting Memories sees essentially no play outside Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data for Fleeting Memories isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. Given its narrow application — nearly exclusive to clue-heavy Commander builds — it's unlikely to carry a significant premium, and most printings of niche enchantments like this sit well under a dollar.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.