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Messenger Hawk

Creature — Bird Scout2 generic manaBlue or Black mana

A hybrid flier that ships with both its payoff and the fuel to trigger it in the same body. The Clue token it makes on entry is not just a delayed cantrip: because cracking a Clue is itself a draw, it is the enabler for the +2/+0 clause. Any turn you sacrifice the Clue plus land one other draw, the 1/2 becomes a 3/2 in the air. That coupling is the whole design. The threshold reads like a passive rider on an evasive body, but the token in the same package is what lets a deck meet it without contorting its build around cheap card flow. What limits the boost is its per-turn nature: you need both draws resolved before combat, so it rewards front-loading your card flow into the turn you plan to swing rather than dribbling draws across several turns. The U/B hybrid cost keeps it open to any deck touching either color, and the result is a self-contained tempo piece: a flier that replaces itself, then hits harder the deeper you dig on the turn it matters.

Messenger Hawk (tla)
TLA · #234common
Pricing
Normal: $0.07
Foil: $0.18
Oracle Text

Rules text

Flying When this creature enters, create a Clue token. (It's an artifact with "2 generic mana, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") This creature gets +2/+0 as long as you've drawn two or more cards this turn.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
Legal
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Duel Commander
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Future Standard
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