Nightveil Specter
GRN Guild Kit 19 • rare
- Set
- GRN Guild Kit
- Collector number
- 19
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- blue mana or black mana blue mana or black mana blue mana or black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Blue
- Artist
- Min Yum
- Market price
- $0.68
What it does
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top card of their library.
You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled with this creature.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Nightveil Specter was originally released in the 2013 Gatecrash expansion as a powerful mythic rare, designed to punish opponents by exiling their top cards and allowing the user to cast them using mana of any color. This ability was a distinct nod to the Dimir guild's identity of infiltration and information theft, blending the mechanics of card advantage with a thematic focus on psychological manipulation.
The version included in the 2018 GRN Guild Kits utilized the original illustration by Volkan Baga, whose atmospheric and haunting depiction captures the ethereal, spectral nature of the creature. Within the context of the Guild Kits, which were curated as thematic decks representing the ten factions of Ravnica, the Specter served as a centerpiece for the Dimir strategy, reinforcing the guild's reputation for subversive gameplay that remains a hallmark of the card's history in Magic: The Gathering.
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