---
name: "Scythe Specter"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Specter"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "CMD"
set_name: "Commander 2011"
collector_number: "97"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Vincent Proce"
oracle_id: "529ace49-c50e-4d3e-ac29-91e08af57fdc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/scythe-specter-cmd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Scythe Specter
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Specter
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, each opponent discards a card. Each player who discarded a card with the greatest mana value among cards discarded this way loses life equal to that mana value.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fell Specter](/printing/fell-specter-jmp.md) — Creature — Specter
2. [Abyssal Specter](/printing/abyssal-specter-dvd.md) — Creature — Specter
3. [Hypnotic Specter](/printing/hypnotic-specter-30a.md) — Creature — Specter
4. [Hollow Specter](/printing/hollow-specter-lgn.md) — Creature — Specter
5. [Entropic Specter](/printing/entropic-specter-exo.md) — Creature — Specter Spirit
6. [Liliana's Specter](/printing/lilianas-specter-dci.md) — Creature — Specter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2011 (CMD) #97
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Vincent Proce
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`