Hypnotic Specter
- Card type
- Creature — Specter
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- 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
- CommanderLegal
- Duel CommanderLegal
- Pauper CommanderNot provided
- StandardNot provided
- PioneerNot provided
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- PauperNot provided
- AlchemyNot provided
- BrawlLegal
- Competitive BrawlLegal
- Historic BrawlNot provided
- Standard BrawlNot provided
- ExplorerNot provided
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- Old SchoolLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- PreDHLegal
- PremodernLegal
- Tiny Leaders RebornNot provided
- Future StandardNot provided
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- Illustrator
- Douglas Shuler
- Card language
- fr
- Release date
- 1994-04-11
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
Newest first · includes artwork variants.
- The Zeta SetSLZ · #44—Views —Times played
- The Zeta SetSLZ · #165—Views —Times played
- The Zeta SetSLZ · #286—Views —Times played
- 30th Anniversary Edition30A · #109—Views —Times played
- 30th Anniversary Edition30A · #406—Views —Times played
- The ListPLST · #M10-100—Views —Times played
- Historic Anthology 1HA1 · #7—Views —Times played
- Magic 2010M10 · #100—Views —Times played
- Tenth Edition10E · #151—Views —Times played
- Tenth Edition10E · #151★—Views —Times played
- Magic Player Rewards 2006P06 · #1—Views —Times played
- Ninth Edition9ED · #141—Views —Times played
- Ninth Edition9ED · #141★—Views —Times played
- Magic Online PromosPRM · #35040—Views —Times played
- AnthologiesATH · #24—Views —Times played
- Pro Tour Collector SetPTC · #gb142—Views —Times played
- Pro Tour Collector SetPTC · #ll142—Views —Times played
- Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border4BB · #142—Views —Times played
Indicative price history
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Combos involving this card
Combinations from Commander Spellbook. Check prerequisites, format legality and game context. Source conditions are in English.