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◇ Catalog #151

Hypnotic Specter

10e·#151·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Greg Staples

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Jul '07

19 yr ago

Value

$1.46+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $1.51 · low $1.38

NM$1.46

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$1.35–$1.54modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.82low $0.02range 9000.0%n 46

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #8,519 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil$1.46

Gameplay

Creature — Specter

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

Its victims are known by their eyes: shattered vessels leaking broken dreams.

2/2

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2008-08-01wotc

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.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $1.46. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $1.82 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from 10E — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #151 of *Tenth Edition*, the set that shipped alongside the July 2007 Tenth Edition release.

Card type: Creature — Specter, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1}{B}{B} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #8,519 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Greg Staples. Rarix catalogs 1,289 other cards credited to this artist.