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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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wishlisted
May 1996
30 yr ago
Value
$6.99+$0 (+4.2%)
30 days high $6.20 · low $5.65
NM$5.99
LP—
MP—
HP—
DMG—
$5.54–$6.32modeled
30 days agotoday
90-dayhigh $5.99low $4.63range 29.4%n 45
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #8,519 · 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
Context
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $5.99. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $4.63 and $5.99 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PTC — 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 #ll142 of *Pro Tour Collector Set*, the set that shipped alongside the May 1996 Pro Tour Collector Set 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.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Douglas Shuler
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