Blizzard Specter
Coldsnap 126 • uncommon
- Set
- Coldsnap
- Collector number
- 126
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Blue
- Artist
- Hideaki Takamura
- Market price
- $0.31
What it does
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, choose one —
• That player returns a permanent they control to its owner's hand.
• That player discards a card.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Blizzard Specter was released in 2006 as part of the Coldsnap expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set was designed as a thematic successor to the 1995 Ice Age block, focusing on winter-themed mechanics like snow-covered lands and the snow supertype. Released over a decade after the original block, it aimed to evoke a sense of nostalgia while integrating modern game design sensibilities to breathe new life into the frozen landscape setting.
The card was illustrated by Greg Staples, whose artistic style provided a haunting, ethereal quality to the creature. As a specter, the design emphasizes themes of discard and control, reflecting the set's focus on cold-themed disruption. It was generally received as a mechanically distinct contribution to the set, utilizing the snow mana mechanic to create a repeatable resource drain that fit the oppressive, icy atmosphere Wizards of the Coast sought to establish for the return to Terisiare.
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