Magic: The Gathering · Prerelease Cards

Fateful Absence

French name: Absence fatidique

18Rare

Fateful Absence (Prerelease Cards 18) has a market price of US$1.23 as of Nov 8, 2026.

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FoilUS$1.23Low US$0.98

As of Nov 8, 2026 · The market price is TCGplayer’s, in US dollars. It is a guide, not an offer.

Card details

Type: Instant
Mana cost: {1}{W}
Artist: Eric Deschamps

Card text

Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Its controller investigates. (They create a colorless Clue artifact token with "2, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Flavour text

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

About this card

Fateful Absence is card 18 in Prerelease Cards, a Magic: The Gathering set. Rarity: Rare. Finishes: Foil. Illustrated by Eric Deschamps. Reference market price on Nov 8, 2026: US$1.23. The Foil price did not change over the last 30 days. Source: TCGplayer market data via tcgcsv.com, updated daily. A reference price is not an offer.