Forgotten Lore
Sorcery
Target opponent chooses a card in your graveyard. You may pay 
. If you do, repeat this process except that opponent can't choose a card already chosen for Forgotten Lore. Then put the last chosen card into your hand.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #26766
Forgotten Lore retrieves any card from your graveyard at instant speed — the catch is that your opponents collectively decide how much it costs by discarding cards to raise the price. In practice, that political wrinkle rarely prices you out; paying two or three extra mana to recur a bomb is almost always correct.
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 |
Commander is where Forgotten Lore sees its most meaningful play, slotting into green graveyard and toolbox builds as cheap, instant-speed recursion. The opponent-driven cost is less punishing in a four-player pod than it sounds — nobody wants to empty their hand just to tax you one extra mana. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but outclassed by Regrowth and Noxious Revival, both of which have no opponent interaction at all. It's banned or not legal in every other competitive format, so Commander and Oathbreaker are effectively its entire audience.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Forgotten Lore is firmly bulk — easy to pick up in any trade binder or bulk bin. The price is unlikely to climb; it's a narrow single-printing utility piece with low demand outside niche Commander builds.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.