Whispering Specter
Whispering Specter: Creature - Phyrexian Specter, New Phyrexia. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Phyrexian Specter
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 1/1
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- New Phyrexia (NPH)
- Released
- 2011-05-13
- Collector number
- 77
- Artist
- Jason Felix
- Commander rank
- 11,739 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying, Infect
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About Whispering Specter
Whispering Specter is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black creature from New Phyrexia (NPH), an expansion set released in May 2011. It is collector number 77 in that set, with art by Jason Felix. It costs {1}{B}{B} (one generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. New Phyrexia is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.47 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Flying
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice it. If you do, that player discards a card for each poison counter they have.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.47 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Whispering Specter by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Whispering Specter.
- You choose whether or not to sacrifice Whispering Specter, and the number of poison counters the player has is counted, when the triggered ability resolves.
Similar cards
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