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Creature — Specter
Flying
Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, that player discards a card at random.
2/2
"...There was no trace Of aught on that illumined face...." —Samuel Coleridge, "Phantom"
In our decks
Played in tournaments
Share of published Premodern decklists that play Hypnotic Specter (main or sideboard): 2,950 lists from paper events and MTGO in the last 90 days, through .
- Play rate · 90d
- 6.0%
- +1.0 ppup 18.9% over vs previous 90 days
- Play rate · 30d
- 6.2%
- +0.6 ppup 10.5% over vs previous 30 days
- Lists · 90d
- 178
- 99% main deck
- Avg copies (main)
- 3.9
- when main-decked
Monthly play rate (12 × 30 days)
Nov 22, 2025Oct 18, 2026
Months with few lists are noisy; early months have partial paper coverage.
Most often in (90d)
- Mono Black Aggro100% of lists · 111
- Mono Black Control89% of lists · 32
- Unclassified10% of lists · 24
- Machine Head100% of lists · 6
- BW Control8% of lists · 3
- Survival3% of lists · 2
Printings (19)
Every tournament-legal paper printing (no gold-border, World Championship or oversized cards). Hover or tap a row to preview that printing.
