Vanish the Evidence

Unexplained Absence gives you a surgical way to erase problematic board pieces while still playing with the top of opponents libraries. As an Instant that costs {3}{W}, Unexplained Absence exiles up to one nonland permanent per player. Each permanent removed this way triggers a cloak effect for that permanent controller, placing the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature with ward 2 and leaving the option to turn it face up later if it is a creature and they can pay its mana cost.

The card slots neatly into decks that prize interaction without committing to permanent tempo swings. Use it to clear a blocker, strip an aura, or reset a threat before combat. In a Karlov Manor environment where bodies and secrets stack up, Unexplained Absence is a tidy answer that also nudges card advantage patterns and creates interesting decisions for opponents about what they will risk cloaking into play.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost – {3}{W}
• Card Type – Instant
• Subtypes – —
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – For each player, exile up to one target nonland permanent that player controls. For each permanent exiled this way, its controller cloaks the top card of their library. (To cloak a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature with ward 2. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it is a creature card.)
• Power / Toughness – —
• Rarity – Rare
• Set – Commander: Murders at Karlov Manor