Doomsday Specter
Planeshift 103 • rare
- Set
- Planeshift
- Collector number
- 103
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Blue
- Artist
- Donato Giancola
- Market price
- $0.47
What it does
Flying
When this creature enters, return a blue or black creature you control to its owner's hand.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, look at that player's hand and choose a card from it. The player discards that card.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Doomsday Specter was released in 2001 as part of the Planeshift expansion, the second set in the Invasion block for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. During this era, the game narrative focused on the Phyrexian invasion of the plane of Dominaria, and this card reflects the dark, biomechanical aesthetic synonymous with that storyline, serving as a high-cost flying threat with a discard-oriented mechanic.
The artwork was commissioned from illustrator Donato Giancola, a highly regarded fantasy artist known for his painterly style and sophisticated lighting. In this piece, Giancola focused on the menacing, ethereal nature of the specter, utilizing a muted, unsettling color palette that aligns with the grim atmosphere of the Phyrexian-aligned cards in the set. It remains a representative example of the artistic shift occurring in Magic at the turn of the millennium, favoring more textured and atmospheric character designs.
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