---
name: "Shimian Specter"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Specter"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "M13"
set_name: "Magic 2013"
collector_number: "109"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Anthony S. Waters"
oracle_id: "f20f0bf4-c74b-4df7-a849-270c35f5d99e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/shimian-specter-m13"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. Search that player's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that card and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hollow Specter](/printing/hollow-specter-lgn.md) — Creature — Specter
2. [Doomsday Specter](/printing/doomsday-specter-pls.md) — Creature — Specter
3. [Entropic Specter](/printing/entropic-specter-exo.md) — Creature — Specter Spirit
4. [Nightveil Specter](/printing/nightveil-specter-gk1.md) — Creature — Specter
5. [Blizzard Specter](/printing/blizzard-specter-ima.md) — Snow Creature — Specter
6. [Xyru Specter](/printing/xyru-specter-cmb1.md) — Summon — Specter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic 2013 (M13) #109
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Anthony S. Waters
- **Total Printings:** 20 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`