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Hypnotic Specter

Magic: The GatheringRevised Edition#115

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Revised Edition3ED · #115

Card type: Creature — Specter
Rarity: Uncommon
Indicative price: 5.06 € · 6.99 $
Mana value: 3
Power: 2
Toughness: 2
Colour: Black

Card text

Flying Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, that player discards a card at random.

Format legality

BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
CompetitivebrawlLegal
DuelLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
OldschoolLegal
PennyLegal
PredhLegal
PremodernLegal
TimelessLegal
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: Douglas Shuler
Card language: English
Release date: 1994-04-11

Flavour text

"...There was no trace/ Of aught on that illumined face..." —Samuel Coleridge, "Phantom"

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.