Nightveil Specter
- Mana cost
- {U/B}{U/B}{U/B}
- Type
- Creature — Specter
- Power / toughness
- 2 / 3
- Set
- Gatecrash Promos #222★ (rare)
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top card of their library.
You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled with this creature.
Nightveil Specter has 5 printings, first in Gatecrash (2013). EDHREC ranks it #9,017 among Commander cards. It appears most in Tasha, the Witch Queen decks (2,976 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Nightveil Specter most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Tasha, the Witch Queen: 2,976 decks
- Gonti, Canny Acquisitor: 1,610 decks
- Don Andres, the Renegade: 1,498 decks
- Xanathar, Guild Kingpin: 1,223 decks
- Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter: 439 decks
- Crosis, the Purger: 304 decks
- Nihiloor: 292 decks
- Lazav, Dimir Mastermind: 287 decks
Often played with Nightveil Specter
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Nightveil Specter’s last ability applies to cards exiled with that specific Nightveil Specter, not any other creature named Nightveil Specter. You should keep cards exiled by different Nightveil Specters separate.
- : Playing a card exiled with Nightveil Specter follows all the normal rules for playing that card. You must pay its costs, and you must follow all timing restrictions, for example.
- : The card is exiled face up. All players may look at it.