Nighthawk Scavenger
Nighthawk Scavenger: Creature - Vampire Rogue, Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Vampire Rogue
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 1+*/3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC)
- Released
- 2024-04-19
- Collector number
- 144
- Artist
- Heonhwa
- Commander rank
- 1,864 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Deathtouch, Flying, Lifelink
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About Nighthawk Scavenger
Nighthawk Scavenger is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC), a Commander product released in April 2024. It is collector number 144 in that set, with art by Heonhwa. It costs {1}{B}{B} (one generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 1+*/3 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Zendikar Rising (2020) to Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.90 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Flying, deathtouch, lifelink
Nighthawk Scavenger's power is equal to 1 plus the number of card types among cards in your opponents' graveyards.
Under Drana's leadership, vampires are finding new strength in unity.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.90 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Nighthawk Scavenger 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 Nighthawk Scavenger
Nighthawk Scavenger has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC) #203 | Rare | 2023 |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #763 | Rare | 2022 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #83734 | Rare | 2020 |
| Zendikar Rising Promos (PZNR) #115p | Rare | 2020 |
| Zendikar Rising Promos (PZNR) #115s | Rare | 2020 |
| Zendikar Rising (ZNR) #115 | Rare | 2020 |
| Zendikar Rising (ZNR) #341 | Rare | 2020 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Nighthawk Scavenger, newest first.
- Nighthawk Scavenger counts card types, not cards. If the only card in your opponents' graveyards is a single artifact creature card, Nighthawk Scavenger will be 3/3. If the only cards in those graveyards are ten artifact cards and ten creature cards, Nighthawk Scavenger will still be 3/3.
- Card types that can appear on cards in a graveyard include artifact, creature, enchantment, instant, land, planeswalker, and sorcery. Legendary, basic, and snow are supertypes, not card types; Vampire and Rogue are subtypes, not card types.
- The ability that defines Nighthawk Scavenger's power applies in all zones, not just the battlefield.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Nighthawk Scavenger is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.