---
name: "Specter's Wail"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MMQ"
set_name: "Mercadian Masques"
collector_number: "164"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Randy Gallegos"
oracle_id: "af32ce11-c026-4135-b1e3-10c6aa15c72c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/specters-wail-mmq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Specter's Wail
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Target player discards a card at random.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mind Knives](/printing/mind-knives-por.md) — Sorcery
2. [Mind Twist](/printing/mind-twist-leb.md) — Sorcery
3. [Stupor](/printing/stupor-mir.md) — Sorcery
4. [Hymn to Tourach](/printing/hymn-to-tourach-ptc.md) — Sorcery
5. [Unhinge](/printing/unhinge-tor.md) — Sorcery
6. [Scepter of Fugue](/printing/scepter-of-fugue-con.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #164
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Randy Gallegos
- **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: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`