Species Specialist
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Commander 2020C20 · #47
- Card type
- Creature — Human Warrior
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 13.39 € · 10.27 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Power
- 2
- Toughness
- 3
- Colour
- Black
Card text
As this creature enters, choose a creature type. Whenever a creature of the chosen type dies, you may draw a card.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Paul Scott Canavan
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2020-04-17
Flavour text
"I don't have anything against Snapdax. I'm just more of a dog person."
Rulings
If Species Specialist happens to have the chosen creature type, its ability triggers when it dies.
If a creature of the chosen type dies at the same time as Species Specialist, its ability triggers for that creature.
You must choose an existing creature type, such as Human or Warrior. Card types such as artifact and supertypes such as legendary can’t be chosen.
