---
name: "Blazing Specter"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Specter"
colors: ["B", "R"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Haste"]
set: "INV"
set_name: "Invasion"
collector_number: "236"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Marc Fishman"
oracle_id: "4c046368-5899-42ef-9972-3a3a6c8fe3fd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/blazing-specter-inv"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Blazing Specter
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Specter
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying, Haste

## Oracle Text
Flying, haste
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Abyssal Specter](/printing/abyssal-specter-dvd.md) — Creature — Specter
2. [Shrieking Specter](/printing/shrieking-specter-s99.md) — Creature — Specter
3. [Hypnotic Specter](/printing/hypnotic-specter-30a.md) — Creature — Specter
4. [Sedraxis Specter](/printing/sedraxis-specter-plst.md) — Creature — Specter
5. [Blizzard Specter](/printing/blizzard-specter-ima.md) — Snow Creature — Specter
6. [Headless Specter](/printing/headless-specter-mh1.md) — Creature — Specter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Invasion (INV) #236
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Marc Fishman
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`