---
name: "Cartographer's Hawk"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Bird"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "C20"
set_name: "Commander 2020"
collector_number: "24"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Donato Giancola"
oracle_id: "ac8cf699-f67b-44da-bb79-eb95cfc0026d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cartographers-hawk-c20"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cartographer's Hawk
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
When this creature deals combat damage to a player who controls more lands than you, return it to its owner's hand. If you do, you may search your library for a Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Scouting Hawk](/printing/scouting-hawk-hbg.md) — Creature — Bird
2. [Tazeem Raptor](/printing/tazeem-raptor-znr.md) — Creature — Bird
3. [Aerial Surveyor](/printing/aerial-surveyor-nec.md) — Artifact — Vehicle
4. [Aven Fogbringer](/printing/aven-fogbringer-jud.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard
5. [Pilgrim's Eye](/printing/pilgrims-eye-pio.md) — Artifact Creature — Thopter
6. [Boreas Charger](/printing/boreas-charger-voc.md) — Creature — Pegasus

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2020 (C20) #24
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Donato Giancola
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`