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◇ Catalog #60

Fleeting Distraction

ddn·#60·common·nonfoil

Illus. Ryan Yee

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wishlisted

Sep '14

12 yr ago

Value

$0.17+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.18 · low $0.16

NM$0.17

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.16–$0.18modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.17low $0.04range 325.0%n 45

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #9,130 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil$0.17

Gameplay

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.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2012-05-01wotc

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.

2010-06-15wotc

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.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.17. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.04 and $0.17 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from DDN — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #60 of *Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2014 Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning release.

Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {U} (1 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #9,130 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Ryan Yee. Rarix catalogs 357 other cards credited to this artist.