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Extended Absence FRA 0054 · common
Extended Absence · {3}{B} · Instant · Exile target creature or planeswalker. Extended Absence deals 1 damage to each opponent and you gain 1 life. · "On the bright side, the corpus inversion spell performed as expected." —Zim, Theorix mage
- Price
- from $1.451 printing
- Grade
- J2SJosh 3.5/5MTG Arena Zone · Sep 26, 2026
Play
Broad instant exile for a creature or planeswalker.
More
- What it needs
- Four mana and enough earlier plays that holding it is affordable.
- How to use it
- Reserve exile for recursion, death triggers or a threat cheaper removal cannot handle.
- Playing against it
- The target must remain legal; hexproof or a bounce effect can defeat it.
- Pick-Two
- Read this answer’s exact target restriction before treating it as removal for the threat you need to beat.
- Sealed vs Draft
- Excellent coverage; too many four-mana answers can still leave you behind early.
- Two-Headed Giant
- Deals one to each opponent: normally two damage to their shared total. You gain only one life, not two.
Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.
| Finish | Found in | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nonfoil | Play Booster | $1.45 |
| Foil | Play Booster · Collector Booster | — |
How to pull it
Official rates for the whole category, not this card.
| Booster | Slot | Per pack | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play Booster | Commons / Special Guest replacement | Most packs (≈98.2%) | Main set · common |
| Play Booster | Common or uncommon | 23% | Main set · common |
| Play Booster | Foil | 49.5% | Main set · common |
| Collector Booster | Foil commons | Every pack per position | Regular commons and common dual lands |
Wizards: Collecting Reality Fracture ↗ · Sep 8, 2026
Details & sources
- Legal in
- Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Pauper · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
- Illustration
- Nathaniel Himawan, FRA 54 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- common cards →
- Sources
- J2SJosh 3.5/5 · Sep 26, 2026
Reality Fracture Limited Overview · Sep 19, 2026
Wizards: Collecting Reality Fracture · Sep 8, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Sep 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗