MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #35040

Hypnotic Specter

DIGITAL ONLY

prm·#35040·rare·foil

Illus. Douglas Shuler

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wishlisted

Jul '12

14 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #8,519 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$0.93

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 Taylor 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 PRM — the lineup includes Foil 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 #35040 of *Magic Online Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the July 2012 Magic Online 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 Douglas Shuler. Rarix catalogs 707 other cards credited to this artist.