---
name: "Tainted Specter"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Specter"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "MIR"
set_name: "Mirage"
collector_number: "148"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Chippy"
oracle_id: "fc638800-6aec-4a48-ad2c-c9a5ce93c236"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/tainted-specter-mir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Tainted Specter
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Specter
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
{1}{B}{B}, {T}: Target player discards a card unless they put a card from their hand on top of their library. If that player discards a card this way, this creature deals 1 damage to each creature and each player. Activate only as a sorcery.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Abyssal Specter](/printing/abyssal-specter-dvd.md) — Creature — Specter
2. [Fell Specter](/printing/fell-specter-jmp.md) — Creature — Specter
3. [Hypnotic Specter](/printing/hypnotic-specter-30a.md) — Creature — Specter
4. [Shrieking Specter](/printing/shrieking-specter-s99.md) — Creature — Specter
5. [Liliana's Specter](/printing/lilianas-specter-dci.md) — Creature — Specter
6. [Xyru Specter](/printing/xyru-specter-cmb1.md) — Summon — Specter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirage (MIR) #148
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Chippy
- **Total Printings:** 7 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`