Messenger Hawk is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Flying When this creature enters, create a Clue token. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") This creature gets +2/+0 as long as you've drawn two or more cards this turn.
How it works : Messenger Hawk
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Creating a Clue token this way isn't the same thing as investigating. Notably, an ability that triggers whenever you investigate won't trigger because of creating a Clue token this way.
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- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Messenger Hawk's last ability applies even if you drew two or more cards only before Messenger Hawk entered.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Clue tokens are artifact tokens with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card."Card named in this ruling
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If a spell or ability causes you to put cards into your hand without specifically using the word "draw," Messenger Hawk's ability doesn't count them.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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