Headless Specter
Creature — Specter
Flying
Hellbent — Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, if you have no cards in hand, that player discards a card at random.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Horizons
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #27114
Headless Specter makes an opponent discard a random card every time it deals combat damage — repeatable hand disruption stapled to a 2/2 flying body for three mana. It's a fine role-player in dedicated discard strategies and a bulk pickup everywhere else.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Headless Specter is a role-player in discard-matters builds rather than a staple — hitting one random card from one opponent per attack is slow work at a four-player table, but commanders like Tinybones, Trinket Thief make every trigger count. In Pauper, where the common card pool limits flying threats and discard density matters, Headless Specter sees occasional play in Dimir discard shells. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient discard and evasion, so Headless Specter doesn't compete there. Modern has enough two-mana discard spells and better threats that it doesn't earn a slot outside of casual brews.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Headless Specter is deep bulk — no scarcity, no competitive demand, nothing to move the price. It's a safe penny pickup for discard builds, and there's no meaningful financial downside to grabbing copies.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.