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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.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #ll142
Hypnotic Specter
ptc·#ll142·uncommon·nonfoil
Illus. Douglas Shuler
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in vault
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for trade
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wishlisted
May 1996
30 yr ago
Value
$6.99+$0 (+0.0%)
30 days high $5.99 · low $5.99
Volatility · stable
USD$5.99EUR€4.74
NM$5.99
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #8,489 · Niche pick
Variants
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
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Douglas Shuler
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