Induced Amnesia
Enchantment
When this enchantment enters, target player exiles all cards from their hand face down, then draws that many cards.
When this enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return the exiled cards to their owner's hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Rivals of Ixalan Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #18761
Induced Amnesia hands you a full hand refill the moment it resolves — your opponent exiles their hand, and you draw until you hit seven. The catch is the built-in reversal: if Induced Amnesia leaves the battlefield, they get everything back, so you either need to ignore that risk or exploit it deliberately.
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 |
In Commander, Induced Amnesia earns its slot as a draw-seven with a meaningful political sting — hitting one opponent's hand while refilling yours shifts a four-player table in ways a simple Wheel of Fortune effect can't. The downside matters less in a multiplayer context because the enchantment rarely survives a full table rotation unexploited, and blue has cheap ways to sacrifice or bounce it on demand if needed. In Legacy and Vintage, the three-mana cost is too slow against the format's baseline tempo; a resolved Induced Amnesia is powerful but you'll rarely untap with it. Modern and Pioneer are similar stories — the effect is real but the mana investment puts it behind dedicated hand-disruption suites. Oathbreaker is the format outside Commander where it has the most traction, particularly as a wheels-adjacent piece under a blue signature spell shell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Induced Amnesia isn't currently available in this context — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number. Given its narrow competitive footprint and Commander-specific appeal, it tends to sit in the budget-to-mid range, making it an easy pickup if you're building a wheels or hand-size deck.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.