Name
Hypnotic Specter
Mana Cost
Type
Creature — Specter
Set
Unlimited Edition
Rarity
Uncommon
Text
Flying
Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, that player discards a card at random.
Flavor Text
"...There was no trace/ Of aught on that illumined face..."
—Samuel Coleridge, "Phantom"
Power/Toughness
2/2
Number
#113
Other Prints
Tenth Edition
30th Anniversary Edition
Revised Edition
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border
Fourth Edition
Ninth Edition
Anthologies
Collectors' Edition
Intl. Collectors' Edition
Foreign Black Border
Historic Anthology 1
Limited Edition Alpha
Limited Edition Beta
Magic 2010
Magic Player Rewards 2006
The List
Magic Online Promos
Pro Tour Collector Set
The Zeta Set
Summer Magic / Edgar
Legal Formats
Brawl | Commander | Duel | Gladiator | Historic | Legacy | Modern | Oathbreaker | Old School | Penny | Premodern | Timeless | Vintage
Availability
Paper
Rulings
(01/08/2008)
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.
Artist
Douglas Shuler
Translations
