---
name: "Dread Specter"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Specter"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MIR"
set_name: "Mirage"
collector_number: "119"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Kathryn Rathke"
oracle_id: "da21c21c-88d8-4a93-b2b4-6d7bb28959c9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dread-specter-mir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked by a nonblack creature, destroy that creature at end of combat.

> *Whatever follows life is incurable.
—Zhalfirin aphorism*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Deathgazer](/printing/deathgazer-8ed.md) — Creature — Lizard
2. [Dread Warlock](/printing/dread-warlock-m10.md) — Creature — Human Wizard Warlock
3. [Dread](/printing/dread-lrw.md) — Creature — Elemental Incarnation
4. [Infernal Medusa](/printing/infernal-medusa-leg.md) — Creature — Gorgon
5. [Abomination](/printing/abomination-4ed.md) — Creature — Horror
6. [Dread Charge](/printing/dread-charge-por.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirage (MIR) #119
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Kathryn Rathke
- **Total Printings:** 7 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`