Hypnotic Specter

Mana cost: {1}{B}{B}
Type: Creature — Specter
Power / toughness: 2 / 2
Set: 30th Anniversary Edition #109 (uncommon)
Price: $13.54 USD

Flying
Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, that player discards a card at random.

Hypnotic Specter has 27 printings, first in Unlimited Edition (1993). EDHREC ranks it #8,463 among Commander cards. It appears most in Tinybones, Bauble Burglar decks (3,276 on EDHREC). It has 1 official ruling.

Legality

commander: legal
legacy: legal
vintage: legal
pauper: not legal
modern: legal
pioneer: not legal
standard: not legal
brawl: legal

Commanders that run Hypnotic Specter most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

Tinybones, Bauble Burglar: 3,276 decks
Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern: 1,967 decks
Tinybones, Trinket Thief: 1,505 decks
Ingris Stingerquill: 1,114 decks
Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead: 774 decks
Crosis, the Purger: 551 decks
Tinybones, the Pickpocket: 361 decks
Nicol Bolas: 332 decks

Often played with Hypnotic Specter

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

Rulings

2008-08-01: 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.

Hypnotic Specter

Legality

Commanders that run Hypnotic Specter most

Often played with Hypnotic Specter

Rulings

Printings