USD foil
$20.67
Hypnotic Specter
Creature — Specter
Flying
Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, that player discards a card at random.
"There was no trace Of aught on that illumined face . . . ." —Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Phantom"
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Flying
- Set
- Magic Player Rewards 2006 (P06 #1)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 3
- Released
- 2006-01-01
- Artist
- Douglas Shuler
- EDHREC rank
- #8,733
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
1
+
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Salt Score
0.05
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Format legality
Standard
Not legal
Pioneer
Not legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Pauper
Not legal
Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Standard Brawl
Not legal
Historic
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Alchemy
Not legal
Penny
Legal
Premodern
Legal
PreDH
Legal
Pauper EDH
Not legal
Old School
Not legal
Future
Not legal
Gladiator
Legal
Rulings
- 2008-08-01
The ability triggers even if the Specter’s damage is being redirected to an opponent. It does not trigger if damage that would have been dealt to the opponent is redirected to a nonopponent player or a creature, or if the damage is prevented.