Blizzard Specter
Snow Creature — Specter
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, choose one —
• That player returns a permanent they control to its owner's hand.
• That player discards a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Coldsnap
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #14034
Blizzard Specter hits the table as a 2/3 flier that makes an opponent return a permanent or discard every time it connects — sustained hand and board pressure on a single body. The cost is four mana and the fragility of a 2/3 in a format where blockers and removal are everywhere; it only earns its slot when you can reliably untap it and attack.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Jorn, God of Winter
Jorn, God of Winter untaps Blizzard Specter on every snow spell you cast during combat, turning a single attack step into a multi-trigger discard and bounce engine that dismantles hands before opponents can rebuild.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Blizzard Specter is a Commander card through and through — the repeated triggered effect compounds over a long game in ways that matter far less in Legacy or Vintage, where the game ends before you untap twice. In those 60-card formats it's simply too slow and too small to compete with the threats and interaction at every mana cost. Commander is where it lives, specifically in snow-themed builds under Jorn, God of Winter, where the untap synergy turns Blizzard Specter from a fair value creature into a recurring disruptive threat. Outside of snow payoff decks, even Commander players will find more consistent hand-attack on cheaper or harder-to-block bodies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Blizzard Specter sits firmly in bulk territory, so the price is never the reason to leave it out of a snow deck. It's a casual-demand card with a narrow home, so don't expect the price to move meaningfully in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Jorn, God of Winter
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.