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◇ Catalog #406

Hypnotic Specter

30a·#406·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Douglas Shuler

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EDHrec rank #8,519 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Creature — Specter

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"

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

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from 30A — 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 #406 of *30th Anniversary Edition*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2022 30th Anniversary Edition release.

Card type: Creature — Specter, color identity black, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. 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 Douglas Shuler. Rarix catalogs 707 other cards credited to this artist.