Scythe Specter

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Scythe Specter: Creature - Specter, Starter Commander Decks. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{B}{B}
Mana value
6
Type
Creature - Specter
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
4/4
Rarity
Rare
Set
Starter Commander Decks (SCD)
Released
2022-12-02
Collector number
105
Artist
Vincent Proce
Commander rank
13,339 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying

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About Scythe Specter

Scythe Specter is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Starter Commander Decks (SCD), a Commander product released in December 2022. It is collector number 105 in that set, with art by Vincent Proce. It costs {4}{B}{B} (four generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Commander 2011 (2011) to Starter Commander Decks (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.31 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, each opponent discards a card. Each player who discarded a card with the greatest mana value among cards discarded this way loses life equal to that mana value.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.31 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Scythe Specter by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Scythe Specter

Scythe Specter has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Commander Anthology Volume II (CM2) #74Rare2018
Commander 2011 (CMD) #97Rare2011

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Scythe Specter, newest first.

  • Each opponent in turn order chooses a card to discard without revealing it, then all the chosen cards are discarded simultaneously. No one sees what the other players are discarding before deciding which card to discard.
  • If Scythe Specter deals combat damage to multiple players simultaneously (perhaps because some of the combat damage was redirected to another player), its ability will trigger for each of those players.
  • If there are multiple cards tied for the highest mana value, each player who discarded one of those cards will lose life equal to that mana value.
  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, each member of the opposing team will be able to see the other's hand before deciding what to discard. If each member discards a card with the same mana value, each player will lose that much life, resulting in the team losing life equal to twice that mana value.

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