First printed in Commander 2020 (2020)
Creature — Human Warrior
As this creature enters, choose a creature type.
Whenever a creature of the chosen type dies, you may draw a card.
"I don't have anything against Snapdax. I'm just more of a dog person."
2/3
- Illustrated by
- Paul Scott Canavan
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (3)
- If Species Specialist happens to have the chosen creature type, its ability triggers when it dies.
- If a creature of the chosen type dies at the same time as Species Specialist, its ability triggers for that creature.
- You must choose an existing creature type, such as Human or Warrior. Card types such as artifact and supertypes such as legendary can’t be chosen.
Prices
MTGO price: 12.72 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
20 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite draw triggers, Infinite rummaging…: Ashnod's Altar + Saproling Cluster + Species Specialist
- Infinite draw triggers, Infinite rummaging…: Ashnod's Altar + Chivalric Alliance + Species Specialist
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Ashnod's Altar + Nadir Kraken + Species Specialist
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite draw triggers…: Blood Pet + Mortuary + Species Specialist
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Nadir Kraken + Phyrexian Altar + Species Specialist
- Infinite draw triggers, Infinite rummaging…: Ashnod's Altar + Scuttletide + Species Specialist
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite colorless mana…: Ashnod's Altar + Species Specialist + Words of Wilding
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Ashnod's Altar + Species Specialist + The Locust God
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Phyrexian Altar + Species Specialist + The Locust God
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Phyrexian Altar + Species Specialist + Words of Wilding