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Memory Bank
Sorcery
rare
Draw a card. Bank (If you cast Memory Bank from your hand, exile it until the end of the match. You may cast it from exile during another game this match. It still counts toward your deck minimum.)
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A spell that replaces itself by drawing a card as part of its resolution.
A spell that replaces itself by drawing a card as part of its resolution.
Puts additional cards into your hand. Includes direct draw, 'look/reveal and put into hand' effects, and conditional draw triggers.
A keyword ability that lets a player cast a card they discard. See rule 702.35, “Madness.”
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Printings (2)
| Set | Rarity | TCGplayer | Card Kingdom | Cardmarket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mystery Booster Playtest Cards 2021#27 | rare | · | · | · |
| Mystery Booster Playtest Cards 2019#27 | rare | · | · | · |
Related Rules
After resolving a madness triggered ability (see rule 702.35), if the exiled card wasn’t cast and was moved to a public zone, effects referencing the discarded card can find that object.
Madness
Madness is a keyword that represents two abilities. The first is a static ability that functions while the card with madness is in a player’s hand. The second is a triggered ability that functions when the first ability is applied. “Madness [cost]” means “If a player would discard this card, that player discards it, but exiles it instead of putting it into their graveyard” and “When this card is exiled this way, its owner may cast it by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost. If that player doesn’t, they put this card into their graveyard.”
Casting a spell using its madness ability follows the rules for paying alternative costs in rules 601.2b and 601.2f–h.
After resolving a madness triggered ability, if the exiled card wasn’t cast and was moved to a public zone, effects referencing the discarded card can find that card. See rule 400.7k.
Rulings
If a card with bank doesn’t resolve for any reason (such as being countered, or all of its targets becoming illegal if it has any), it won’t be banked.
Once you cast a banked card from exile, it behaves like any other spell. It may be countered, and it’ll be put onto the battlefield if it resolves as a permanent spell, or into its owner’s graveyard if it’s not a permanent spell.
If you cast a spell you don’t own, or gain control of a spell, you didn’t cast it from your hand, so you don’t bank it.
Banked cards begin the next games in a match in exile. They’re not outside the game.