---
name: "Silent Specter"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Specter"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Morph"]
set: "ONS"
set_name: "Onslaught"
collector_number: "169"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Daren Bader"
oracle_id: "49e70569-b0bc-4705-927e-eb1504925210"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/silent-specter-ons"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards two cards.
Morph {3}{B}{B} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

## 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. [Hypnotic Specter](/printing/hypnotic-specter-30a.md) — Creature — Specter
4. [Tainted Specter](/printing/tainted-specter-mir.md) — Creature — Specter
5. [Hollow Specter](/printing/hollow-specter-lgn.md) — Creature — Specter
6. [Fell Specter](/printing/fell-specter-jmp.md) — Creature — Specter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Onslaught (ONS) #169
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Daren Bader
- **Total Printings:** 11 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`