---
name: "Pyreswipe Hawk"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Elemental Bird"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Haste"]
set: "BLC"
set_name: "Bloomburrow Commander"
collector_number: "26"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jorge Jacinto"
oracle_id: "35a03b0f-9dac-476a-97e9-67767c1e453e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pyreswipe-hawk-blc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Pyreswipe Hawk
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Elemental Bird
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Flying, Haste

## Oracle Text
Flying, haste
Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the greatest mana value among artifacts you control.
Whenever you expend 6, gain control of up to one target artifact for as long as you control this creature. (You expend 6 as you spend your sixth total mana to cast spells during a turn.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hellkite Igniter](/printing/hellkite-igniter-c18.md) — Creature — Dragon
2. [Glint Hawk Idol](/printing/glint-hawk-idol-mm2.md) — Artifact
3. [Hoard-Smelter Dragon](/printing/hoard-smelter-dragon-afc.md) — Creature — Dragon
4. [Glint Raker](/printing/glint-raker-prm.md) — Creature — Drake
5. [Furnace Hellkite](/printing/furnace-hellkite-mh3.md) — Artifact Creature — Dragon
6. [Glint Hawk](/printing/glint-hawk-som.md) — Creature — Bird

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Bloomburrow Commander (BLC) #26
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jorge Jacinto
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`