Blazing Specter
Creature — Specter
Flying, haste
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Vintage Masters
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #20011
Blazing Specter hits flying, haste, and forced discard all on a single four-mana body — every time it connects, your opponent pitches a card at random. The cost is real: four mana for a 2/2 is underpowered by most standards, and it folds to any blocker or removal spell before it ever attacks.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Blazing Specter is a Commander card through and through — the format's slower pace gives it time to attack repeatedly, and commanders like Tinybones, Trinket Thief or Kaervek the Merciless turn each trigger into compounding value. In Legacy and Vintage, it's legal but irrelevant: Hymn to Tourach and Thoughtseize do more for less mana, and a 2/2 body doesn't survive long enough to matter. Modern, Pioneer, and Standard have all left it behind entirely. Oathbreaker is the one other format where it earns a look, specifically in discard-focused Rakdos shells where the 40-life total gives it more combat windows.
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Price Context
Current price
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Price data for Blazing Specter isn't currently available in the system, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate. As a casual-demand card with no competitive presence, it typically sits in budget range and is rarely a pickup you need to rush.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.