---
name: "Unexplained Absence"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Cloak"]
set: "MKC"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor Commander"
collector_number: "328"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Rockey Chen"
oracle_id: "71faaee5-70ff-449c-85c8-560eb189a0a7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/unexplained-absence-mkc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Unexplained Absence
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Cloak

## Oracle Text
For each player, exile up to one target nonland permanent that player controls. For each permanent exiled this way, its controller cloaks the top card of their library. (To cloak a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature with ward {2}. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Become Anonymous](/printing/become-anonymous-acr.md) — Instant
2. [Expose the Culprit](/printing/expose-the-culprit-mkm.md) — Instant
3. [Unexpectedly Absent](/printing/unexpectedly-absent-cma.md) — Instant
4. [Sudden Disappearance](/printing/sudden-disappearance-dka.md) — Sorcery
5. [Hide in Plain Sight](/printing/hide-in-plain-sight-mkm.md) — Sorcery
6. [Clever Concealment](/printing/clever-concealment-plst.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) #328
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Rockey Chen
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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