Doomsday Specter
Creature — Specter
Flying
When this creature enters, return a blue or black creature you control to its owner's hand.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, look at that player's hand and choose a card from it. The player discards that card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Salvat 2005
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #21945
Doomsday Specter hits the table as a 2/3 flier that forces a targeted opponent to discard a card when it deals combat damage — hand disruption stapled to a repeatable evasive body. The cost is five mana for a fragile creature that does nothing if it gets blocked or removed before connecting.
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 |
Commander is where Doomsday Specter has any real home, and even there it's a niche pick — it fits best in Dimir or Esper discard strategies where repeated hand disruption compounds over a long game. The problem is that five mana for a 2/3 is a steep rate in a format full of efficient threats, and the trigger requires combat damage to a player, which opponents can easily deny with a single blocker. In Legacy and Vintage, Doomsday Specter is strictly outclassed by faster, cheaper disruption and sees no competitive play. It's absent from Modern, Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper entirely.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Doomsday Specter isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest. Given its narrow application and low demand, it typically sits in bulk or near-bulk range — fine to pick up as a casual role-player without much financial risk.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.