Fleeting Distraction
Avacyn Restored (AVR) #53 · Common · Instant
Mana cost: {U}
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.
Illustrated by Ryan Yee · Released May 4, 2012
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.14 USD · €0.05 EUR
- Foil: $0.38 USD · €0.33 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.03 USD (17.6%) to $0.14 USD; low $0.11 USD, high $0.20 USD.
Printings
- Foundations #155 (FDN) · Common · 2024 · $0.22 USD
- Jumpstart 2022 #299 (J22) · Common · 2022 · $0.12 USD
- The List #CN2-110 (PLST) · Common · 2019 · $0.29 USD
- Conspiracy: Take the Crown #110 (CN2) · Common · 2016 · $0.12 USD
- Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning #60 (DDN) · Common · 2014 · $0.08 USD
- Avacyn Restored #53 (this printing) · Common · 2012 · $0.14 USD
- Rise of the Eldrazi #67 (ROE) · Common · 2010 · $0.08 USD
Legality
- Standard: Legal
- Alchemy: Legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2010-06-15 · wotc — 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 · wotc — 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.