---
name: "Nighthawk, Dark Defender"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Hero"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "MSC"
set_name: "Marvel Super Heroes Commander"
collector_number: "604"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jurijus Chitrovas"
oracle_id: "eb8a373a-ba15-4b3f-959a-b7c708fea616"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nighthawk-dark-defender-msc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Nighthawk, Dark Defender
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Hero
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever Nighthawk or another Hero you control enters, target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Akroan Skyguard](/printing/akroan-skyguard-j25.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
2. [The Falcon, Sam Wilson](/printing/the-falcon-sam-wilson-msc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Hero
3. [Wingsteed Rider](/printing/wingsteed-rider-pio.md) — Creature — Human Knight
4. [Starling, Aerial Ally](/printing/starling-aerial-ally-om1.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Hero
5. [Virtuous Variant](/printing/virtuous-variant-msc.md) — Creature — Spider Human Hero
6. [Hero of the Winds](/printing/hero-of-the-winds-thb.md) — Creature — Human Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC) #604
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jurijus Chitrovas
- **Total Printings:** 4 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`