Surreal Memoir
Sorcery
Return an instant card at random from your graveyard to your hand.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Double Masters 2022
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #18799
Surreal Memoir returns a random instant from your graveyard to your hand, then replaces itself with rebound — so you get the same effect again next upkeep for free. Four mana is a real ask, but in spell-heavy decks that need recursive reach, it earns its slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Surreal Memoir is a Commander card through and through — the singleton format rewards graveyard recursion, and the rebound trigger is free value over the long games the format produces. In Legacy and Vintage it's too slow and too random to compete with Snapcaster Mage or Yawgmoth's Will. Modern has moved well past four-mana sorceries that don't close games. Surreal Memoir is legal in Oathbreaker, where explosive instant-heavy builds can use the rebound to chain back a key spell two turns running.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Surreal Memoir is deep bulk — a throw-in at nearly any price point. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to climb unless a new instant-heavy commander breaks out and puts it on the radar.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.