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Hypnotic Specter

Hypnotic Specter

Creature — Specter

Oracle text

Flying

Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, that player discards a card at random.

Illustrated by Greg Staples

Released on July 29, 2005

Tags

black effectcombat neutral damage triggerdiscardevasionhand disruptionrandom discardsaboteurspecter abilitytriggered ability

Legality

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Tiny Leaders: Reborn

LegalNot legalBanned / restrictedUnknown

Rulings

2008-08-01
The ability triggers even if the Specter’s damage is being redirected to an opponent. It does not trigger if damage that would have been dealt to the opponent is redirected to a nonopponent player or a creature, or if the damage is prevented.

Based on Scryfall

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