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◇ Catalog #67

Fleeting Distraction

roe·#67·common·nonfoil

Illus. Kieran Yanner

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Apr '10

16 yr ago

Value

$0.08+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.08 · low $0.08

NM$0.08

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.07–$0.08modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.08low $0.03range 166.7%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

Foil$0.46

Nonfoil$0.08

Gameplay

Instant

Target creature gets -1/-0 until end of turn. Draw a card.

"To distract an archmage would take incredible power. But for a simpleton, something sparkly will do." —Noyan Dar, Tazeem lullmage

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 $0.08. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.08 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ROE — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #67 of *Rise of the Eldrazi*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2010 Rise of the Eldrazi 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 Kieran Yanner. Rarix catalogs 915 other cards credited to this artist.