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Hypnotic Specter
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Types
Creature
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Subtypes
Specter
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Prices
Normal
Details
Rules
Flying
Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, that player discards a card at random.
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Power
2
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Toughness
2
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Color Identity
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Rarity
Uncommon
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Number
109
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Artist
Douglas Shuler
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Language
English
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Expansion
30th Anniversary Edition
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Rulings
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.
2008-08-01
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"There was no trace
Of aught on that illumined face...."
—Samuel Coleridge, "Phantom"
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