---
name: "Hypnotic Specter"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Specter"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "ATH"
set_name: "Anthologies"
collector_number: "24"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Douglas Shuler"
oracle_id: "759af941-f6a3-4726-91f2-9b1e4e55ea71"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hypnotic-specter-ath"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Hypnotic Specter
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Specter
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, that player discards a card at random.

## 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. [Fell Specter](/printing/fell-specter-jmp.md) — Creature — Specter
4. [Liliana's Specter](/printing/lilianas-specter-dci.md) — Creature — Specter
5. [Tainted Specter](/printing/tainted-specter-mir.md) — Creature — Specter
6. [Hollow Specter](/printing/hollow-specter-lgn.md) — Creature — Specter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Anthologies (ATH) #24
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Douglas Shuler
- **Total Printings:** 66 across all historical editions

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