Hypnotic Specter

Creature - Specter 2/2, 1BB (3)
Flying
Whenever Hypnotic Specter deals damage to an opponent, that player discards a card at random.¹
"There was no trace Of ought on that illuminated face...." -Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Phantom"
Illus. Douglas Shuler

Gatherer Card Rulings [Nov 2009]

• 8/1/2008: 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.

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended, Standard
Printings (10/47)	Magic 2010 (Rare) Tenth Edition (Rare) 2006 Player Rewards Promos (Special) Core Set - Ninth Edition (Rare) Anthologies (Special) → View All