Hypnotic Specter
Hypnotic Specter is a black card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Fourth Edition printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€5.12) · TCGplayer ($5.58) · Scryfall
How often Hypnotic Specter is played
Hypnotic Specter is maindecked in 5 of 77 tournament decks in this archive (6%), averaging 4.0 copies; used by 2 of 21 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 45 decks that can cast black cards, 5 of them play it (11%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Hypnotic Specter
- Mono Black: The signature threat: every connection strips a random card, so an unanswered turn-one Specter often wins single-handedly. Ritual into Hyppie is the most feared opening in the format.
- Deadguy Ale: The most explosive opening the deck has: off Dark Ritual on turn one, every unanswered attack strips a card at random. Even when it trades with removal it has usually already paid for itself.
Tournament decks with Hypnotic Specter
- Basic Mono Black: 4th Place at Andre's League 10 Tappa (4× mainboard)
- Moneyball: 1st Place at LPP x Trial Épico (4× mainboard)
- Deadguy Angels: 1st Place at Lega Premodern La Contea (4× mainboard)
- Machine Head: 4th Place at Premodern Mainz Monthly (4× mainboard)
- Moneyball Black: 2nd Place at Liga Paulista de Premodern 2026 (4× mainboard)
Spicy brews with Hypnotic Specter
- Hypnotic Wurm (2×)
- Painters (4×)
