Fell Specter
Creature — Specter
Flying
When this creature enters, target opponent discards a card.
Whenever an opponent discards a card, that player loses 2 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2019
- Price
- $0.44
- EDHREC rank
- #4844
Fell Specter drains each opponent for 1 whenever they discard, turning every discard outlet in your deck into a life-loss clock — and in a multiplayer pod that's 3 triggers per spell. Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal already forces discards constantly, so Fell Specter isn't a support piece here; it's a win condition.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal
Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal attacks and forces discards on its own, so Fell Specter converts every combat trigger into direct life-loss across the table — the two cards are doing the same job from different angles.
Tinybones, Trinket Thief
Tinybones, Trinket Thief rewards you whenever opponents discard, and Fell Specter punishes them for it at the same time — stacking both effects on the same discard step is why this shell runs Fell Specter in over half its lists.
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar generates value off opponents' graveyards and exile, so a discard-heavy gameplan is already locked in — Fell Specter adds a passive drain clock that accelerates the kill without requiring extra cards.
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger forces each opponent to discard every time it enters or attacks, and Fell Specter turns those mandatory discards into life-loss that compounds across a full table.
Winter, Misanthropic Guide
Winter, Misanthropic Guide builds around making opponents discard on their upkeeps, so Fell Specter slots in as a passive payoff that drains the table every time Winter's triggered effect resolves.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Fell Specter is a Commander card first and nearly exclusively — multiplayer means three opponents discarding, so a single discard spell can drain 3 life and a wheel can end games on the spot. In Modern and Pioneer the three-mana 2/3 body competes in a removal-dense environment where Grief and Liliana of the Veil already own the discard space, leaving Fell Specter too slow to see competitive play. Legacy and Vintage are similarly unkind: the mana cost and body don't clear the bar when those formats are operating at a different speed entirely. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's multiplayer math and is the only other format where Fell Specter's drain trigger genuinely matters.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.44 bulk tier
At $0.44, Fell Specter is deep bulk — you're picking this up out of a dollar box, not making a purchasing decision. The price is stable because demand is spread across casual Commander singletons rather than any competitive format, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.