Pyreswipe Hawk
Creature — Elemental Bird
Flying, haste
Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the greatest mana value among artifacts you control.
Whenever you expend 6, gain control of up to one target artifact for as long as you control this creature. (You expend 6 as you spend your sixth total mana to cast spells during a turn.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Bloomburrow Commander
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #8868
Pyreswipe Hawk hits the board and immediately threatens a wide attack by granting your creatures a relevant combat keyword, and the payoff scales the more you've committed to the battlefield. Bello, Bard of the Brambles turns that effect into a full engine, making Pyreswipe Hawk close to mandatory in that shell.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Bello, Bard of the Brambles
Bello, Bard of the Brambles rewards you for suiting up big, splashy creatures, and Pyreswipe Hawk slots directly into that plan by amplifying the combat damage those creatures are already set up to deal.
Muerra, Trash Tactician
Muerra, Trash Tactician wants bodies that pull double duty in combat and in the graveyard, and Pyreswipe Hawk's keyword-granting effect gives the team an edge in the red zone while Muerra keeps the cards flowing.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Pyreswipe Hawk is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is where it actually earns a slot. Legacy and Vintage have enough redundancy and power that a three-mana hawk providing a combat keyword won't compete for slots. In Commander, the multiplayer table rewards the kind of wide, explosive attack that Pyreswipe Hawk enables, especially in Gruul or token-heavy builds where the effect touches four or more creatures at once.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Pyreswipe Hawk is deep bulk — you're picking this up as a throw-in, not a purchase. Bulk rares with narrow commander homes rarely climb unless a breakout deck pushes demand, so treat this as a throw-in when trading, not a spec.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.