Fateful Absence

Token Complexity Concerns

With Blood, Map, Clue, Food and Treasure all in Standard, I make an embarrassing number of misplays by forgetting which ones I have in play. This is exacerbated when my opponents give me tokens that my deck doesn't make (eg Get Lost, Fateful Absence). Is this complexity an issue that you're tracking?

Yes. We make token cards to help with this (at least for the tokens your deck makes).

Blood Fateful Absence Food Get Lost Standard Tokens Treasure

Destroying Permanent Limitations

Hey Mark, I remember you saying W/B and B/G are the two color combinations that can “Destroy target permanent.” Can W/R not? They both get target artifact. Red gets target land. White can get target creature, target enchantment, and now target Planeswalker (Fateful Absence).

No, we’ve chosen to limit the effect to just two two-color combinations. There are more combinations that potentially could do it, but we’ve found the game is better if we space out the abilities to make decks play out differently.

Artifacts Colors Creatures Destroy Enchantments Fateful Absence Golgari (B/G) Lands Orzhov (W/B) Planeswalkers Red Two Color White

Praise for Fateful Absence

Hey Mark, please distribute high fives to the ones responsible for designing Fateful Absence. It is strong, it is flavorful, it is an Instant-speed removal and one of the best ones ever printed in White. As a White player I'm really happy with Innistrad Midnight Hunt (:

Will do.

Fateful Absence Flavor High Fives Innistrad White

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