Fateful Absence
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt 18 • rare
- Set
- Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
- Collector number
- 18
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Eric Deschamps
- Market price
- $0.40
What it does
Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Its controller investigates. (They create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "2 generic mana, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Sensing a plot, Sorin raced to his grandfather's resting-crypt. But someone else had gotten there first.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Fateful Absence was released in 2021 as part of the Innistrad: Midnight Hunt expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Set on the gothic horror-inspired plane of Innistrad, the card reflects the thematic atmosphere of the set, which focuses on the struggle against encroaching darkness and the loss of protection within a besieged society. The card was designed as a white removal spell, providing a flexible answer to creatures or planeswalkers at the cost of granting the opponent a clue token, balancing competitive utility with the set's mechanical reliance on investigation and mystery.
The artwork was created by illustrator Manuel Castañón, who captured the somber, melancholic tone of the Innistrad setting. The visual design emphasizes the stark, haunting nature of a sudden disappearance, aligning with the card's function of erasing a target from the battlefield. Upon its release, it was well-received by players for its versatility, quickly becoming a staple in various constructed formats where players required efficient, reactive answers to high-value threats.
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