Nighthawk Scavenger
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{B}
- Type
- Creature — Vampire Rogue
- Power / toughness
- 1+* / 3
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander #144 (rare)
- Price
- $2.14 USD
Flying, deathtouch, lifelink
Nighthawk Scavenger's power is equal to 1 plus the number of card types among cards in your opponents' graveyards.
Nighthawk Scavenger has 8 printings, first in Zendikar Rising (2020). EDHREC ranks it #1,953 among Commander cards. It appears most in Edgar Markov decks (9,871 on EDHREC). 3 public decks on TCG run it. It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Nighthawk Scavenger
- Blood Rites - The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander, led by Clavileño, First of the Blessed
- Most Wanted - Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander, led by Olivia, Opulent Outlaw
- Party Time - Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate, led by Nalia de'Arnise
Commanders that run Nighthawk Scavenger most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Edgar Markov: 9,871 decks
- Indominus Rex, Alpha: 6,788 decks
- Clavileño, First of the Blessed: 4,784 decks
- Anowon, the Ruin Thief: 4,513 decks
- Olivia, Opulent Outlaw: 3,150 decks
- Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose: 2,547 decks
- K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth: 2,394 decks
- Queen Marchesa: 2,381 decks
Often played with Nighthawk Scavenger
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.