Messenger Hawk
Creature — Bird Scout
Flying
When this creature enters, create a Clue token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
This creature gets +2/+0 as long as you've drawn two or more cards this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #24031
Messenger Hawk replaces itself when it deals combat damage to a player — a fine rate on a 2/2 flyer for three mana, but nothing that clears the bar for competitive play. It's a draft common doing draft-common things; there are stronger options at every table.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Messenger Hawk competes against a deep pool of evasive creatures that draw cards without needing to connect — Welcoming Vampire, Cloudblazer, and similar effects don't require opponents' cooperation. Messenger Hawk can slot into aggressive Voltron or token-go-wide lists that expect to push through damage repeatedly, but it's rarely the best tool for that job. In Pauper, a 2/2 flyer for three that draws on damage is genuinely playable in white tempo shells where card advantage is scarce. Across other formats — Standard, Pioneer, Modern — it's too slow and too conditional to see serious play.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Messenger Hawk is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than buy deliberately. That price is stable by definition; there's no meaningful demand to push it higher.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.