Cartographer's Hawk (CMM)

Cartographer's Hawk
Casting Cost: {1}{W}
Card Type: Creature - Bird
Power/Toughness: 2/1

Card Text:
Flying
When Cartographer's Hawk 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.

Artist: Donato Giancola

The Cartographer's Hawk is a utility creature, especially useful in Commander format where balancing resources is crucial. The Hawk serves a dual purpose: it can chip in for damage in the air and helps to catch you up if you're behind on lands. Given its relatively low casting cost, this creature can be a valuable inclusion for white-based decks that might struggle with ramp.

Donato Giancola's art would likely capture the elegance and keen eye of the hawk, perhaps with an added touch of it surveying the lands below, reflecting its ability to seek out Plains. The concept of the hawk as a cartographer is a delightful blend of fantasy and nature, representing the bird's ability to navigate vast distances and its instinctual understanding of the terrain. The card itself weaves this thematic element into its mechanics, making the hawk not just a creature of the skies, but also a guide to new horizons.