Hypnotic Specter
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- Card type
- Creature — Specter
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 284.77 € · 193.50 $
- 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.
"...There was no trace/ Of aught on that illumined face..." —Samuel Coleridge, "Phantom"
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- OldschoolLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Douglas Shuler
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1993-10-04
Rulings
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.
Other printings of this card
The Zeta Set · #44- The Zeta Set · #165
- The Zeta Set · #286
30th Anniversary Edition · #109- 30th Anniversary Edition · #406
The List · #M10-100
Historic Anthology 1 · #7
Magic 2010 · #100
Tenth Edition · #151- Tenth Edition · #151★
Magic Player Rewards 2006 · #1
Ninth Edition · #141- Ninth Edition · #141★
Magic Online Promos · #35040
Anthologies · #24
Pro Tour Collector Set · #gb142- Pro Tour Collector Set · #ll142
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border · #142
Fourth Edition · #142
Summer Magic / Edgar · #115
Revised Edition · #115
Foreign Black Border · #115
Collectors' Edition · #113
Intl. Collectors' Edition · #113