Beacon Hawk
Creature — Bird
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may untap target creature.
: This creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dissension
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #20022
Beacon Hawk gives a creature vigilance until end of turn — a narrow, sorcery-speed effect that rarely justifies a card slot. The only shell where it earns its keep is Najeela, the Blade-Blossom, where stacking vigilance on attacking Warriors lets them tap for mana without sitting out the next swing.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Beacon Hawk is a Pauper-legal common, and that's the ceiling of its competitive relevance — even there it's fringe. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage it's strictly outclassed by everything in the same slot. Commander is where it occasionally surfaces, and only in combat-centric aggro builds that need cheap vigilance enablers on a body; outside of that narrow niche, Beacon Hawk is too low-impact to make the cut at any table.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Najeela, the Blade-BlossomJegantha, the WellspringBeacon Hawk
Infinite combat phases; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite ETB; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers
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Najeela, the Blade-BlossomBloom TenderBeacon Hawk
Infinite combat phases; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite ETB; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers
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Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Beacon Hawk is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a penny bin. Don't expect that to move; demand is too thin to push it anywhere.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.