How Good Was Hypnotic Specter, Actually? | A Deep Dive Into Its Competitive History!
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Hypnotic Specter was once one of the most feared creatures in all of Magic: the Gathering, but at this point those are days gone by. In this video, I delve deep into the card's competitive history, and explain what made "hyppie" so good.
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The question really is, "How good is Dark Ritual?"
Longer than the Landorus movie
T1 underground sea, ritual, specter, go.
@@Shinji0Ikari007T1 basic swamp, Dark Ritual, One With Nothing, One With Nothing, One With Nothing, go!
@andrewsparkes6275 one with nothing is a sorcery you can't stack it and the first one resolving would remove the others from your hand.
@@stigmaoftherose You might wanna check Scryfall before you say utterly untrue things like that, in the future?
Please keep up the “How Good Was [CARDNAME]?” With 30 years of history (now going on 31, there’s lots to talk about and learn from.
The thing is: In 1994 I was playing on my friend's carpet - He played Hypnotic Spector and Royal Assassin. This caused me to quit magic unit 2012.
You quit before it put nettling imp out?
The irony is that both of those cards re-entered Standard quite a bit before your 2012 re-entry. Both exited after 4th Edition in 1995 but got reprinted in 9th Edition in 2005. (Royal was in 8th Edition too.) Both remained in the core set for a few sets after that.
Lol. You never heard of removal?
Wow few Hypnotic specter games put me off on magic for like 10 years too.
@@Melvinvanharn LOL what? Do you even have the faintest notion of how it was back in 1994?
No internet. All homebrews. And no, creature removal wasn't used that much. In fact, the winning deck of Worlds 1994 (Zak Dolan's WUG Control) had only five (creature) removal cards: 4x Swords to Plowshares, 1x Wrath of God... and that was a CONTROL deck.
Definitely love the series. Eventually seeing Erzam Djinn, Jackal Pup, Kird Ape, Spirit of the Night, and others would be great.
I feel like oath is coming up
With taigas, Turd Ape is awesome in 60 card.
One of the first MTG tournies I won was mono black: Dark Ritual --> Hypnotic Spector --> 2 Racks on turn 2 ---> Paralyze on whatever creature they play = game over.
Hypnotic Specter is a new Nizzahon video when I planned to go to bed.
I really enjoy this series. Hopes it does well enough to be worth continuing
Oh no!!! Please decide to keep doing these! I love reminiscing about the early days and I think even younger plays can enjoy the power creep.
Haha "Back in MY day - a 4 mana 5/5 was broken!!"😊
Just wanna say im absolutely loving this series. Im a fairly new player who plays only draft, standard and EDH. Your channel has helped me to learn about and appreciate the history of this amazing game, thanks Nizzahon!
I notice that Erhnam Djinn gets clobbered in every poll of this type. Apparently, a lot people still had PTSD after being at the wrong end of Armageddon.
First turn ritual into hippie
Followed by second turn hymn
Was a certified game winner
I’m really loving this new series, I hope it goes good and you keep doing it!
As someone who's first experience with MtG was '97's Shandalar RPG, I love this series! Seeing all these old cards I spent countless hours playing with and against get the spotlight they deserve is a real nostalgia hit for me. Keep em coming Nizza!
A deck of +10 Spectres, +15 mana sources, +10 Contracts, +10 Dark Rits, and the rest of the slots filled with Power, Sinkholes, and any type of removal you feel like to round it out will mulch any opponent in that game up to and including the final boss if you have Timetwisters.
The "how good was it actually" are cool just for the fact they become less dated over time. They're locked in aspects of magic history. The top 10 lists are more relevant to the 1 year-ish window of their release, as a few years can pass and revisiting the list is a whole new video.
New series is awesome dude! Fresh change. I hope it survives the almighty algorithm.
I love this series. I’m relatively new to magic so I dont know many of these old cards
These videos are gems.
I love this series and really hope it is able to continue. I was only 6 when I started playing mtg so my memory of these early years are kind of hazy outside of my direct experience and even then still not crystal because child and all lol, so it's great to see things from a zoomed out lense with a clear narrative to explain it all with supporting facts instead of just anecdotes.
Hooray! a 4th one of these. "Hyppie Spec" was a dominator back in the day. I used 4 of them as 4 of my 9 Nazgul when I built two LotR decks in 2002.
Please continue this series!
Please keep up this awesome series! It's great seeing these old cards and the decks they were in talked about. And with the format Pre-Modern getting more popular, a lot of these cards are becoming relevant again.
I really hope you decide to do more modern cards like delver of secrets and birthing pod, cards like that also have rich histories
The video comes out just as I take my last bite of food... how DARE you nizzahon
Yes, as I've said before, I love this series and would like to see it continue.
I've really been liking these, Nizzahon! I'd love to see more "How Good was.." videos from you!
I have fond memories of the Spectre. We played a lot with it. The most fun times I've had with it were our friend group's re-plays of the first Finnish MTG Championships, which were in 1995. We did a re-run in 2000 and 2005. I played a BR discard deck with Spectres, Hymns and a Mindtwist in both, splashing some green in the first one. We had about 12 players in both of those, and I placed third in the first one and won the second one. Obviously first turn Swamp-Ritual-Spectre was a common start, but then again, the opponents Mountain-Lightning Bolt was almost as common.
Oh man, this unlocked a core memory of my brother and I being introduced to MtG in 2002 when Onslaught released.
Hyppie, Megrim, Icy Manipulator, The Rack, Black Vise, etc. were all mainstays in the deck my dad used to facilitate applications of the different interactions we’d been learning about within Magic: the Gathering. Few years later, he ran Dimir Mill including JtMS. It became routine to watch our entire starting hands promptly move to their respective graveyards and maybe 1-2 lands on board.
Fortunately, since my primary format and archetype are Legacy Reanimator, I’ve not let a likely over exaggerated childhood experience from 22 years ago influence my deck building.
I hope this series continues! As a newer player, I'm missing out on a lot of context behind early magic, maybe other than "This was before power creep happened", so it's fascinating to find out WHY older cards were good in their day, and in their respective formats!
Liking this series a lot!!
Other ideas: flametongue kavu, psychatog, dark confidant
This series is great, it's a solid inbetween for top 10s and deck histories
The true power of Hypnotic Specter laid in the threat of going Turn 1 Dark Ritual into Hypnotic Specter. As a result, Type 2 (now known as Standard) was dominated by 1 mana answers in Swords to Plowshares and Lightning Bolt. The random discard had a habit of stripping a key land or Wrath effect at just the right time (in combination with Hymn and Stupor) and then keeping your hand empty to suffer damage from The Rack to get you in range for a big Drain Life. Mono-Black was just a very powerful and synergistic deck for the time that it dominated the meta, and in that context Hypnotic Specter was a key part of deck.
Nowadays, creatures have been pushed so hard that they don’t see play unless they provide immediate value or are part of a combo. Waiting a whole turn to attack to get some utility other than eating a removal spell wouldn’t really cut it nowadays. The only place where I would play Hippie is in my Nicol Bolas EDH deck.
Hypnotic Specter was my favorite creature back in the day. A turn one Specter followed by a turn two Hymn to Torach or Sinkhole was a crushing start.
yeah or the dreaded turn 1 -> ritual -> ritual -> mind twist
I felt dirty doing that to people but it was so crushing on 1. Esp if they mulled.
this series is great, hope you keep it up! Top 10s are great, but these feel much more in-depth
Long time nizzahon fan. Very keen on new series to replace a top 10 each week!
I still play a deck with the Specter and Megrim. It's pretty tasty.
Nizzahon has become the False Swipe Gaming of MTG, my two favorite hobbies collide in the best way possible😊
I’ve really been enjoying this series, brings back a lot of memories from when I was first getting into Magic in 1997 of the cards we were all playing at the time. Please keep doing this series!
When I first started playing mtg this was my first favorite card. To this day I still get hyped when I see it in new sets
I really like the history content you put together for decks and or cards - very nostalgic for me. I started playing when Tempest came out and when you talk about those busted days, I remember how powerful the 90s were for MTG. Thank you.
Ahh, the sweet tears of my opponents as they tried hiding or getting me to pick some other card as i would pluck a card from their hand and watch as a dual land, or their banger went to the graveyard.
I was there for Black Summer, and let me assure you: nothing makes your heart sink quite as much as seeing a "Hippie" hit the board across from you on turn 1.
I played solo black and I remember being trapped more than once with it. For instance I would play the dark ritual / hippie combo on turn one only to be taken down by a lightning bolt, swords to plowshares, or another staple anti-creature card. Pretty much any competitive deck would have several of these types of cards, so there's at least half a chance he had one ready to go just for situations like this.
I haven't played since the early 00s and this series helps me understand how the game's changed.
These new videos really take me back
Love these history videos! Keep them coming!!!
Great content Nizza, def keep this series going!
Absolutely love this series please keep it running after this test batch
I've really enjoyed this series. I hope you keep it going.
Keep this series going! Good job.
This series and your deck history series are my favorite videos of yours.
I'm just finishing my old-border cube and I'm learning a lot from this new series. Always looking forward to new videos and hope they continue! Thanks for the work
So many memories from those good old times spent disrupting opponents with Ritual into Specter!
I hope you keep the series going! It's really great learning about the history of the game and I'm enjoying your analysis, keep up the stellar work.
These videos are great! My favorite videos in the channel!
This vid series is extremely sick and valuable
Loving this series!
I have thoroughly enjoyed each video in this series and hope it continues. I enjoy the deck history and the discussion about how the card compares to what is printed today. Outstanding work and thank you!
Really enjoy the new series!
Love the series. Love your videos.
Keep going with this series!
Love this series. Keep it going 😊
I really like this series, I hope you keep it up!
Really enjoying this new series.
Overall loved the series, hope it sticks around. Keep up the great work as always man
Like the series, and the polls beforehand. More please.
I love this new series! Hope it does well cause I definitely want more.
I love the series, great job!
I really like the series. I must say though; if you cut bakc on top 10, don't just have it exclude the fun themes. I like the lists that are data based, but part of the charm is that the "most expensive" "busted" and such are less than "worst art" or "cards I thought were good, that are actually bad". I loved seeing the Hanukkah, Halloween, and April Fools videos. I also like seeing you take apart certain types. That was really fun. This series has place though! You've got a lot of good content. I will add, finally, I like the deck history videos. Those are really long, so I know they're a heavy gamble. I think this is a good series though! Please keep it!
MY take is Ball Lightning. Not for you to make video on, just that was my first "big"($12) card I used, and I loved that.
Love this series!!
I love this series. Please do more!
I love this new "how good was" series, keep it up
Love these videos!
Nizzahon video for dinner, let's go \o/
Awesome series!
Love these, keep them up is my vote.
Love these vids!
Loving this series
great new series!
First turn dark ritual hippy. Was a fire strategy. Removal, and the rack you could pin an opponent down taking several damage a turn by turn 3-4. Strip mines, sink holes, hym to torach.
Hippie will always steal a space in my heart ❤
I like this series, please continue !
I played in the mid 90s so I can tell you: it was pretty good.
I still REALLY wish you talked about the Old School format, in your videos. Specter is still amazing in that format.
Loving the new series
big fan of these i hope they continue
This series is really cool!
So my buddy and I got really into MTG. Around the time of born of the gods. He bought a precon called sidestep which is 3/4's of a strong pauper deck these days. With Clout of the Dominus. I bought it off him and won like 10 games in a row. So next day my friend goes and buys a playset of Hypnotic Specter. Hymn to Torachs. Ect. Think it cost him like 5 bucks to make the entire deck. Then I couldn't beat him. We did a few drafts after that then we both quit for a number of years.
I really hope the series sticks out, and soon we have the tarmagoyf video, as now he fell from best creature of all time to commander token status.
This video series needs to stay!
Hypnotic Spector with elves of deep shadow was my jam
Some of my fondest memories ever of this game are dark ritual and hypnotic spector
PLEASE continue this series! I would share the videos but I don't use FB and don't have friends who play the game to share the link to (not that I think it'd count that).
Great series
I love this series!
Love this series
It’s wild to hear nowadays that they were fine with necropotence but not specter(in extended)
tbh i love this series, its a good mix up, deep diving into a particuar card rather than top 10s
When I was first starting to play in 8th grade, I didn't "build" a deck. I just shuffled every card I owned together with some lands and that was my deck, at least until it got to be around 300 cards or so. (Many others did the same, so I wasn't really at a disadvantage.) Even at that early stage, where I liked cards much more for their art and flavor than their actual power in the game, I could tell Hypnotic Specter was really good. It might well have been the first card I actually bought four copies of; it was either that or Lightning Bolt.
Anyway, I'm definitely enjoying the series so far. If you do one a week, it seems like it would be at least several years before you start running low on cards to talk about.
Please keep this series !