Fulgent Distraction
Instant
Choose two target creatures. Tap those creatures, then unattach all Equipment from them.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Scars of Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #29529
Fulgent Distraction taps two target creatures and replaces itself with a card draw — all for two mana at instant speed. It's a tempo play and a cantrip rolled into one, which makes it slot-efficient in any blue deck that needs to stall combat or protect a key attacker.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Fulgent Distraction earns its slot by doing two things at once: it blanks blockers or attackers for a turn and replaces itself immediately, so it never costs you a card. Pauper is where it sees the most competitive daylight — blue tempo strategies there prize every cantripping instant, and tapping two creatures is a real tempo swing at common. In Legacy and Vintage the card is technically legal but far too slow; those formats demand interactions that win the game outright, not buy a single combat step. Fulgent Distraction is a Commander and Pauper card through and through.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Fulgent Distraction sits firmly in bulk territory — this is a pickup-a-playset-without-thinking price point. Bulk commons rarely move up in price unless a competitive format adopts them, and outside Pauper there's no demand engine to push it higher.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.