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$0.13
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Fleeting Distraction
Instant
Target creature gets -1/-0 until end of turn.
Draw a card.
The first spell taught to young mages, it has spared the lives of many whose hands are too small to hold a sword.
- Set
- Conspiracy: Take the Crown (CN2 #110)
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana value
- 1
- Released
- 2016-08-26
- Artist
- Ryan Yee
- EDHREC rank
- #9,039
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
1
+
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Salt Score
0.21
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Combos 2
Precursor Golem+Rite of Replication+Laboratory Maniac+Fleeting Distraction
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite magecraft triggersWin the game
11 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Precursor Golem+Rite of Replication+Jace, Wielder of Mysteries+Fleeting Distraction
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite magecraft triggersWin the game
7 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Format legality
Standard
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Standard Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Alchemy
Legal
Penny
Legal
Premodern
Not legal
PreDH
Legal
Pauper EDH
Legal
Old School
Not legal
Future
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Rulings
- 2010-06-15
If the targeted creature is an illegal target by the time Fleeting Distraction resolves, the spell doesn't resolve. You won't draw a card.
- 2012-05-01
If the targeted creature is an illegal target when Fleeting Distraction tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't draw a card.