MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #7

Hypnotic Specter

DIGITAL ONLY

ha1·#7·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Greg Staples

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Nov '19

6 yr ago

Played in EDH

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.

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

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from HA1 — 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 #7 of *Historic Anthology 1*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2019 Historic Anthology 1 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.