Memorial to Folly
Land
This land enters tapped.
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, , Sacrifice this land: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander 2020
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #2891
Memorial to Folly enters tapped, which is the real cost — the payoff is a reusable creature recursion engine stapled to a land slot. In graveyard-centric decks, especially Teval, the Balanced Scale, trading a tapped land entry for repeated creature retrieval is an easy bargain.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Teval, the Balanced Scale
Teval, the Balanced Scale constantly cycles creatures through the graveyard, and Memorial to Folly closes that loop by pulling a key piece back to hand without spending a spell slot.
Kathril, Aspect Warper
Kathril, Aspect Warper wants specific keyword creatures in the graveyard, but occasionally you need one back in hand — Memorial to Folly handles that recovery without touching your creature count.
Anje Falkenrath
Anje Falkenrath decks discard aggressively and often pitch creatures they later need; Memorial to Folly reclaims them at land speed, which keeps spell slots open for madness payoffs.
Phage the Untouchable
Phage the Untouchable hits the graveyard constantly from commander tax dodges gone wrong or deliberate reanimation loops, and Memorial to Folly gives you a land-slot retrieval option that doesn't require another spell.
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 |
Commander is where Memorial to Folly earns its slot — the 100-card singleton format rewards lands with upside, and a one-time creature-from-graveyard-to-hand effect attached to a land is low-opportunity-cost recursion. In competitive Commander it's generally too slow, but in midrange and graveyard-focused builds it fills a role without occupying a spell slot. In Modern and Pioneer it barely sees play; dedicated graveyard decks have faster, more consistent options, and entering tapped is punishing in non-rotating 60-card formats. Legacy and Vintage have so many superior alternatives that Memorial to Folly is essentially invisible there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Memorial to Folly is deep bulk — buy a playset without thinking about it. Bulk land-with-upside cards like this rarely spike, so there's no urgency beyond just picking it up whenever you're already placing an order.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.