---
name: "Needle Specter"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Specter"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Wither"]
set: "EVE"
set_name: "Eventide"
collector_number: "39"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Christopher Moeller"
oracle_id: "ea8acbd4-1ace-4634-9e88-7f91401d2b30"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/needle-specter-eve"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Flying
Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards that many cards.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Whispering Specter](/printing/whispering-specter-nph.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Specter
2. [Abyssal Specter](/printing/abyssal-specter-dvd.md) — Creature — Specter
3. [Shrieking Specter](/printing/shrieking-specter-s99.md) — Creature — Specter
4. [Hypnotic Specter](/printing/hypnotic-specter-30a.md) — Creature — Specter
5. [Blazing Specter](/printing/blazing-specter-vma.md) — Creature — Specter
6. [Fell Specter](/printing/fell-specter-jmp.md) — Creature — Specter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eventide (EVE) #39
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Christopher Moeller
- **Total Printings:** 10 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`