Dark Hatchling

Dark Hatchling card image

Dark Hatchling: Creature - Horror, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{B}{B}
Mana value
6
Type
Creature - Horror
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
3/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
Released
2022-06-10
Collector number
747
Artist
Brad Rigney
Commander rank
18,327 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying

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About Dark Hatchling

Dark Hatchling is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB), a draft-focused set released in June 2022. It is collector number 747 in that set, with art by Brad Rigney. It costs {4}{B}{B} (four generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Urza's Saga (1998) to Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying

When this creature enters, destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (as of 2026-11-12).

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

Format legality

Legality of Dark Hatchling by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PremodernLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Dark Hatchling

Dark Hatchling has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Commander Anthology Volume II (CM2) #61Rare2018
Planechase Anthology (PCA) #32Rare2016
Vintage Masters (VMA) #112Uncommon2014
Planechase 2012 (PC2) #32Rare2012
Commander 2011 (CMD) #76Rare2011
Urza's Saga (USG) #126Rare1998

Similar cards

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Dark Hatchling is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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