---
name: "Fateful Absence"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Investigate"]
set: "MID"
set_name: "Innistrad: Midnight Hunt"
collector_number: "18"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Eric Deschamps"
oracle_id: "35bba442-1aec-4d33-b502-4c580d61644b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/fateful-absence-mid"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Fateful Absence
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Investigate

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

> *Sorin sospechó que había una conspiración y fue corriendo a la cripta donde descansaba su abuelo. Sin embargo, alguien había llegado antes.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Thraben Inspector](/printing/thraben-inspector-inr.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
2. [Root Out](/printing/root-out-plst.md) — Sorcery
3. [Foul Play](/printing/foul-play-dbl.md) — Sorcery
4. [Gone Missing](/printing/gone-missing-plst.md) — Sorcery
5. [Serene Sleuth](/printing/serene-sleuth-mkc.md) — Creature — Human Detective
6. [Eliminate the Impossible](/printing/eliminate-the-impossible-mkm.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) #18
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Eric Deschamps
- **Total Printings:** 22 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`