Reduce to Memory
Sorcery — Lesson
Exile target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 3/2 red and white Spirit creature token.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #15710
Reduce to Memory exiles any nonland permanent — a clean answer to indestructible threats, enchantments, and commanders alike — then hands your opponent a 1/1 Citizen token as the tax. In Kambal, Profiteering Mayor lists, that token immediately pays dividends, making the rider a feature rather than a drawback.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
Kambal, Profiteering Mayor turns every opponent's token creation into a life-drain trigger, so the Citizen that Reduce to Memory hands over isn't a concession — it's fuel, generating value the moment it enters and threatening to do so again every time that opponent plays a creature 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 |
In Commander, Reduce to Memory earns its slot by hitting permanents that other removal can't — indestructible gods, hexproof enchantments, and problematic artifacts all fold to exile at instant speed, and the token rider is trivial in a four-player game. In Modern and Pioneer, three mana at sorcery speed is too slow for a format where threats resolve and attack the same turn, and the token creates a real board presence for the opponent at a cost those formats can't absorb. Legacy is the same story — the card simply doesn't compete with the efficiency of the format's removal suite. Commander is where Reduce to Memory belongs, and it's good enough there to run without apology.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Reduce to Memory is deep bulk — an easy include that costs less than a sleeve. Bulk rare prices rarely climb without tournament adoption, and this one has none, so treat it as a cheap, stable pickup rather than anything to speculate on.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.