Extended Absence
New in Reality Fracture (FRA), released October 2, 2026.
Extended Absence: Instant, Reality Fracture. Exile target creature or planeswalker. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Reality Fracture (FRA)
- Released
- 2026-10-02
- Collector number
- 54
- Artist
- Nathaniel Himawan
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About Extended Absence
Extended Absence is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common black instant from Reality Fracture (FRA), an expansion set released in October 2026. It is collector number 54 in that set, with art by Nathaniel Himawan. It costs {3}{B} (three generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. Reality Fracture is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.18 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Exile target creature or planeswalker. Extended Absence deals 1 damage to each opponent and you gain 1 life.
"On the bright side, the corpus inversion spell performed as expected." -Zim, Theorix mage
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.18 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Extended Absence by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
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