Memory Vessel
Artifact
, Exile this artifact: Each player exiles the top seven cards of their library. Until your next turn, players may play cards they exiled this way, and they can't play cards from their hand. Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- The Big Score
- Price
- $1.52
- EDHREC rank
- #14732
Memory Vessel lands and immediately forces every opponent to exile the top five cards of their library face-down, then locks them out of casting those exiled cards until your next turn — the tempo hit is real and stackable. The cost is that Doomsday Excruciator has to deal combat damage to an opponent before you untap Memory Vessel and let them cast those exiled cards, which means the payoff lives or dies on connecting with a 6/6 trampler.
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 |
Commander is where Memory Vessel does its best work — three opponents means fifteen cards exiled on entry, and in a pod full of instant-speed interaction, locking everyone out of their graveyards and libraries simultaneously for even one turn cycle is a meaningful disruption. In Legacy and Vintage, the static effect is too slow and conditional against degenerate combo decks that ignore the board entirely. Modern and Pioneer are theoretically legal homes, but a five-mana artifact with no immediate board presence struggles to justify the slot when those formats move faster. Standard is the most realistic non-Commander home, where the power ceiling is lower and a 6/6 trampler attached to a punishing enchantment can actually close games.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Memory VesselDoomsday Excruciator
Each opponent loses the game; Exile all libraries
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$1.52 cheap tier
At $1.52, Memory Vessel sits firmly in the budget tier — easy to pick up for any Commander player who wants the effect without a second thought. It's a new card with a narrow application, so the price likely softens further unless Doomsday Excruciator decks emerge as a consistent competitive archetype.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.