Tainted Specter

RareReserved listColour IDMV 4

Creature — Specter

Flying

, : Target player discards a card unless they put a card from their hand on top of their library. If that player discards a card this way, this creature deals 1 damage to each creature and each player. Activate only as a sorcery.

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Keywords

Flying

Card capabilities

CreatureDiscard

Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.

Format legality

Primary formats

StandardNot legal PioneerNot legal ModernNot legal

Eternal formats

LegacyLegal VintageLegal PauperNot legal

Casual formats

CommanderLegal OathbreakerLegal BrawlNot legal Standard BrawlNot legal

Digital formats

HistoricNot legal TimelessNot legal AlchemyNot legal GladiatorNot legal Penny DreadfulNot legal

Historical formats

PremodernLegal Old SchoolNot legal PreDHLegal Future StandardNot legal Duel CommanderLegal

Other printings

This is the only English printing.

Rulings (1)

wotc1 Feb 2009

Tainted Specter used to have errata causing the card to be put into the graveyard without being discarded. The current wording returns it to being a discard, so it will trigger abilities appropriately.

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Ranked by shared capabilities, colour identity, mana value and type — never by strategic judgement.