---
name: "Doomsday Specter"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Specter"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "PSAL"
set_name: "Salvat 2005"
collector_number: "E13"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Donato Giancola"
oracle_id: "5811effb-5010-44b9-bb97-9d7eb358327f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/doomsday-specter-psal"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Doomsday Specter
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Specter
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
When this creature enters, return a blue or black creature you control to its owner's hand.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, look at that player's hand and choose a card from it. The player discards that card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Blizzard Specter](/printing/blizzard-specter-ima.md) — Snow Creature — Specter
2. [Hollow Specter](/printing/hollow-specter-lgn.md) — Creature — Specter
3. [Shimian Specter](/printing/shimian-specter-m13.md) — Creature — Specter
4. [Entropic Specter](/printing/entropic-specter-exo.md) — Creature — Specter Spirit
5. [Abyssal Specter](/printing/abyssal-specter-dvd.md) — Creature — Specter
6. [Sedraxis Specter](/printing/sedraxis-specter-plst.md) — Creature — Specter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Salvat 2005 (PSAL) #E13
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Donato Giancola
- **Total Printings:** 13 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: `not_legal`