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Abyssal Specter
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Fifth Edition5ED · #139
- Card type
- Creature — Specter
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.20 € · 0.30 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Power
- 2
- Toughness
- 3
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Flying Whenever this creature deals damage to a player, that player discards a card.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- George Pratt
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1997-03-24
Flavour text
"Mystic shadow, bending near me, / Who art thou? / Whence come ye?" —Stephen Crane, "Mystic shadow, bending near me"
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Seventh Edition · #116- Seventh Edition · #116★
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