Cartographer's Hawk

Cartographer's Hawk card image

Cartographer's Hawk: Creature - Bird, Commander Masters. Flying. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{W}
Mana value
2
Type
Creature - Bird
Colour identity
White (W)
Power / toughness
2/1
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Commander Masters (CMM)
Released
2023-08-04
Collector number
18
Artist
Donato Giancola
Commander rank
4,607 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying

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About Cartographer's Hawk

Cartographer's Hawk is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white creature from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 18 in that set, with art by Donato Giancola. It costs {1}{W} (one generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/1 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Commander 2020 (2020) to Commander Masters (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.32 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Flying

When this creature deals combat damage to a player who controls more lands than you, return it to its owner's hand. If you do, you may search your library for a Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.32 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Cartographer's Hawk by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Cartographer's Hawk

Cartographer's Hawk has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Starter Commander Decks (SCD) #10Rare2022
Commander 2020 (C20) #24Rare2020

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Cartographer's Hawk.

  • If Cartographer’s Hawk leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, you can’t return it to its owner’s hand from its new zone.

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