Silent Specter
Creature — Specter
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards two cards.
Morph 
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.50
- EDHREC rank
- #22138
Silent Specter hits the table as a 4/4 flying threat that forces every opponent to discard two cards on each attack — repeated hand destruction at scale that few creatures match. The cost is real: five mana and morph means you're not deploying this early, and at five toughness it trades up poorly for its investment.
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, Silent Specter earns its slot in dedicated discard or hand-hate builds — hitting three opponents for two cards each on a single attack swing is the kind of card-disadvantage pressure that can strand entire tables. Legacy and Vintage both allow it, but the five-mana cost prices it out of those formats entirely; nothing in those environments gives a slow morph creature time to attack. Commander is the only format where Silent Specter is both legal and viable, and even there it belongs in a focused discard shell rather than as a general goodstuff include.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.50 bulk tier
At $0.50, Silent Specter is firmly bulk — the price reflects its narrow application rather than any weakness in the effect itself. It holds that floor reliably; there's no crossover demand from competitive formats to push it higher, so buy at will for discard builds without worrying about the price moving.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.