Hypnotic Specter

Creature - Specter 2/2, 1BB (3)

Flying

Whenever Hypnotic Specter deals damage to an opponent, that player discards a card at random.

"There was no trace
Of aught on that illumined face..." -Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Phantom"

Illus. Douglas Shuler

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 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.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

1/7 P06

Printings:
#10 (Douglas Shuler)

Editions:
Magic 2010 (Rare)
Tenth Edition (Rare)
Ninth Edition (Rare)
Magic Player Rewards (Special)
Anthologies (Special)
Fourth Edition (Uncommon)
Revised Edition (Uncommon)
Unlimited Edition (Uncommon)
Limited Edition Beta (Uncommon)
Limited Edition Alpha (Uncommon)

Languages:
Hypnotisierendes Gespenst
Spectre hypnotiseur
Spettro Ipnotico
Espectro hipnótico
Espectro Hipnótico
惑乱の死霊
催眠幽灵
Усыпляющий Призрак
催眠幽靈



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