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◇ Catalog #139

Abyssal Specter

5ed·#139·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. George Pratt

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Mar 1997

29 yr ago

Value

$0.25+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.26 · low $0.24

NM$0.25

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.23–$0.26modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.25low $0.21range 19.0%n 54

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #16,658 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.25

Gameplay

Creature — Specter

Flying Whenever this creature deals damage to a player, that player discards a card.

"Mystic shadow, bending near me, / Who art thou? / Whence come ye?" —Stephen Crane, "Mystic shadow, bending near me"

2/3

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.25. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.21 and $0.25 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from 5ED — 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 #139 of *Fifth Edition*, the set that shipped alongside the March 1997 Fifth 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: {2}{B}{B} (4 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying.

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #16,658 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by George Pratt. Rarix catalogs 26 other cards credited to this artist.