Memorial Vault
Artifact
, Sacrifice another artifact: Exile the top X cards of your library, where X is one plus the mana value of the sacrificed artifact. You may play those cards this turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Edge of Eternities Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #15576
Memorial Vault enters the battlefield tapped and produces colorless mana, which is already a meaningful cost — but in equipment-heavy decks it pays that entry fee back fast by generating tokens or value tied to artifact synergies. Sami, Wildcat Captain is the clearest home right now, and outside of that style of deck, Memorial Vault is too slow to compete with better utility lands.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sami, Wildcat Captain
Sami, Wildcat Captain cares about equipment and artifact synergies in ways that make Memorial Vault's colorless production and artifact land status genuinely relevant, slotting it into the engine rather than just filling a land slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Memorial Vault is a niche inclusion — legal in every major format but only pulling real weight in artifact-matters builds where the land type or artifact classification triggers something relevant. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, it simply doesn't clear the bar: a tapped colorless land is a tempo loss most decks can't absorb when Ancient Tomb and Urza's Saga exist. Legacy and Vintage have even less patience for it. Standard and Oathbreaker are the formats where a new, synergy-specific land can carve out a role, and Memorial Vault's ceiling there depends entirely on whether your deck wants an artifact land above a basic.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.