Rare · Foundations Commander and 6 other printings

Fateful Absence

Instant

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

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How it plays

What it wants, and what it gives

Read from the rules text. A card that enables a keyword makes or is the thing; a card that rewards it gets better when you have it. Two cards interact when one enables what the other rewards.

It enables

enablesClue tokensKeyword page →Investigates, or rewards making and cracking Clues.28 cards reward Clue tokens enablesTokensKeyword page →Makes tokens, or rewards you for making and having them.172 cards reward Tokens enablesArtifactsKeyword page →Is or makes artifacts, or rewards you for playing and controlling them.

Price

Lowest printing, from Scryfall.

US market$0.24

EU market$0.36

Foil, lowest$0.43

Price history: Foundations Commander #30

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Date	Non-foil
12 Nov 2026	$0.24
11 Nov 2026	$0.24

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Fateful Absence

What it wants, and what it gives

Fateful Absence

What it wants, and what it gives

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