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Hypnotic Specter
UncommonColour IDMV 3
Creature — Specter
Flying
Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, that player discards a card at random.
2 / 2
Keywords
Flying
Card capabilities
CreatureDiscard
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Other printings
24 other English printingsEarliest 1993-08-05Newest 2026-09-02Cheapest priced $1.86 in 10E
slz· #286
2026-09-02—
slz· #44
2026-09-02—
slz· #165
2026-09-02—
30a· #109
2022-11-28$12.30
30a· #406
2022-11-28$549.99
ha1· #7
2019-11-21—
plst· #M10-100
2019-11-07$1.95
prm· #35040
2012-07-23—
m10· #100
2009-07-17$2.69
10e· #151
2007-07-13$1.86
10e· #151★
2007-07-13$7.00
p06· #1
2006-01-01$21.64
9ed· #141★
2005-07-29—
9ed· #141
2005-07-29$1.87
ath· #24
1998-11-01$7.65
ptc· #ll142
1996-05-01$8.09
ptc· #gb142
1996-05-01$19.99
sum· #115
1994-06-21—
3ed· #115
1994-04-11$6.12
ced· #113
1993-12-10$62.70
cei· #113
1993-12-10$52.39
2ed· #113
1993-12-01$44.97
leb· #113
1993-10-04$193.50
lea· #112
1993-08-05$492.00
Rulings (1)
wotc1 Aug 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.
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