Fateful Absence

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Fateful Absence: Instant, Foundations Commander. Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Its controller investigates. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{W}
Mana value
2
Type
Instant
Colour identity
White (W)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Foundations Commander (FDC)
Released
2026-10-02
Collector number
30
Artist
Eric Deschamps
Commander rank
6,102 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Investigate

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About Fateful Absence

Fateful Absence is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white instant from Foundations Commander (FDC), released in October 2026. It is collector number 30 in that set, with art by Eric Deschamps. It costs {1}{W} (one generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (2021) to Foundations Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.31 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Its controller investigates. (They create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Sensing a plot, Sorin raced to his grandfather's resting-crypt. But someone else had gotten there first.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.31 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Fateful Absence by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Fateful Absence

Fateful Absence has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #93902Rare2026
Wizards Play Network 2022 (PW22) #2Rare2022
Innistrad: Double Feature (DBL) #18Rare2022
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) #18Rare2021
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) #328Rare2021
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos (PMID) #18pRare2021
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos (PMID) #18sRare2021

Similar cards

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In these precons

Fateful Absence is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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