Hollow Specter
Creature — Specter
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may pay 
. If you do, that player reveals X cards from their hand and you choose one of them. That player discards that card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Legions
- Price
- $0.39
- EDHREC rank
- #23575
Hollow Specter hits the table as a 2/2 flying threat that forces a targeted discard every time it deals combat damage to a player — repeatable hand disruption stapled to an evasive body. The catch is the morph cost: you're paying three mana to flip it up and trigger the discard, which means the payoff lags unless you have ways to cheat it into play face-down or reduce the flip cost.
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 |
In Commander, Hollow Specter slots into discard-matters and Specter tribal builds where the 75-card format gives repeated opportunities to connect in combat — three opponents means three targets, and a flying body keeps the damage window open longer than ground-pounders. Legacy technically allows it, but the format's speed makes a three-mana morph flip uncompetitive; there are simply faster and more reliable discard engines available. Vintage is legal but irrelevant — the card has no power-level business there. Hollow Specter is a Commander card through and through, and even there it earns its slot only in builds that specifically reward discard or Specter synergies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.39 bulk tier
At $0.39, Hollow Specter is firmly bulk — zero financial risk to try it in a deck. Don't expect that price to move; niche tribal and discard-matters cards at this power level tend to stay in the bulk bin indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.