Hangarback Walker
Hangarback Walker: Artifact Creature - Construct, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {X}{X}
- Mana value
- 0
- Type
- Artifact Creature - Construct
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Power / toughness
- 0/0
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 348
- Artist
- Daarken
- Commander rank
- 1,534 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Hangarback Walker
Hangarback Walker is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact creature from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 348 in that set, with art by Daarken. It costs {X}{X} (two times X mana) to cast, for a mana value of 0. It is a 0/0 creature. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 9 sets, from Magic Origins (2015) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.39 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
When this creature dies, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying for each +1/+1 counter on this creature.
{1}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.39 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Hangarback Walker by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Hangarback Walker
Hangarback Walker has been printed in 9 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Edge of Eternities Commander (EOC) #139 | Rare | 2025 |
| The List (PLST) #ORI-229 | Rare | 2024 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #951 | Rare | 2023 |
| Jumpstart 2022 (J22) #772 | Rare | 2022 |
| Explorer Anthology 1 (EA1) #19 | Rare | 2022 |
| Love Your LGS 2020 (PLG20) #2 | Rare | 2020 |
| Kaladesh Inventions (MPS) #13 | Special | 2016 |
| Magic Origins (ORI) #229 | Rare | 2015 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Hangarback Walker, newest first.
- If enough -1/-1 counters are put on Hangarback Walker at the same time to make its toughness 0 or less, the number of +1/+1 counters on it before it got any -1/-1 counters will be used to determine how many Thopter tokens you get. For example, if there are three +1/+1 counters on Hangarback Walker and it gets four -1/-1 counters, you'll get three Thopter tokens. That's because Hangarback Walker's triggered ability checks the creature's existence just before it leaves the battlefield, and it still has all those counters on it at that point.
- The value of each X in Hangarback Walker's mana cost must be equal. For example, if X is 2, you'll pay {4} to cast Hangarback Walker and it will enter the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.
Similar cards
Other artifact creature cards with no colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Hangarback Walker is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.