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◇ Catalog #19

Hangarback Walker

DIGITAL ONLY

ea1·#19·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Daarken

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wishlisted

Jul '22

4 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,558 · Common include

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Artifact Creature — Construct

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. When this creature dies, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying for each +1/+1 counter on this creature. {1}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

0/0

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2015-06-22wotc

The value of each X in Hangarback Walker's mana cost must be equal. For example, if X is 2, you'll pay {4} to cast Hangarback Walker and it will enter the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.

2015-06-22wotc

If enough -1/-1 counters are put on Hangarback Walker at the same time to make its toughness 0 or less, the number of +1/+1 counters on it before it got any -1/-1 counters will be used to determine how many Thopter tokens you get. For example, if there are three +1/+1 counters on Hangarback Walker and it gets four -1/-1 counters, you'll get three Thopter tokens. That's because Hangarback Walker's triggered ability checks the creature's existence just before it leaves the battlefield, and it still has all those counters on it at that point.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from EA1 — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #19 of *Explorer Anthology 1*, the set that shipped alongside the July 2022 Explorer Anthology 1 release.

Card type: Artifact Creature — Construct, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {X}{X} (0 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #1,558 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Daarken. Rarix catalogs 1,287 other cards credited to this artist.