Memory Sluice
Shadowmoor 170 • common
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Collector number
- 170
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- blue mana or black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black · Blue
- Artist
- Wayne England
- Market price
- $0.41
What it does
Target player mills four cards.
Conspire (As you cast this spell, you may tap two untapped creatures you control that share a color with it. When you do, copy it and you may choose a new target for the copy.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Memory Sluice was released in 2008 as part of the Shadowmoor expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Set on the plane of Lorwyn after it undergoes a transformation into the dark, twisted world of Shadowmoor, the card reflects the set's central themes of duality and resource manipulation. It is a blue sorcery spell that allows a player to mill cards from their library based on the number of creatures they control, emphasizing the set's mechanical focus on tribal synergies and graveyard interaction.
The artwork was illustrated by Steve Argyle, a prolific contributor to the game known for his expressive character designs. In this piece, Argyle depicts a surreal, ethereal mechanism funneling memories, fitting the dark fairy-tale aesthetic of the Shadowmoor block. The design was received as a functional tool for decks looking to fill their graveyards rapidly, fitting neatly into the set’s broader strategy of using the library as an extension of one’s hand.
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