Unexpectedly Absent
Eternal Masters 33 • rare
- Set
- Eternal Masters
- Collector number
- 33
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- X mana white mana white mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Min Yum
- Market price
- $0.26
What it does
Put target nonland permanent into its owner's library just beneath the top X cards of that library.
Once you've been dragged down the currents of time, you'll never quite trust your own permanence again.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Unexpectedly Absent was originally printed in the Legends expansion in 1994, designed to provide white decks with a versatile, albeit temporary, answer to any non-land permanent. The card functioned by placing a target card into its owner's library, essentially delaying an opponent's threat while creating card disadvantage. Its design reflects the idiosyncratic and often experimental mechanical philosophy characteristic of early Magic: The Gathering sets, prioritizing board state manipulation over the streamlined resource management seen in later iterations of the game.
The version included in the Eternal Masters set, released in 2016, features updated artwork by Chase Stone. This reprint was curated as part of a specialized set designed to provide players with access to historically significant and powerful cards for the Legacy and Vintage formats. Stone’s illustration moved away from the more primitive aesthetic of the original 1994 artwork, opting for a high-fantasy, polished visual style that aligned with the cohesive artistic standards of modern Magic releases.
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