Bladegriff Prototype
Artifact Creature — Griffin
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, destroy target nonland permanent of that player's choice that one of your opponents controls.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander
- Price
- $0.38
- EDHREC rank
- #6703
Bladegriff Prototype lands as a 3/4 flier that forces an opponent to sacrifice a creature whenever it deals combat damage — repeatable, targeted removal stapled to an evasive body. Felix Five-Boots turns that trigger into a chainsaw: extra combat steps or multiple connections per turn mean multiple opponents each lose a creature, wiping boards while the Prototype stays in play.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Felix Five-Boots
Felix Five-Boots multiplies every combat-damage trigger, so Bladegriff Prototype stops being one sacrifice per turn and becomes a sacrifice-each for every opponent you connect with across multiple attacks — the combination is reliable spot removal and board control rolled into an aggressive creature package.
Sygg, River Cutthroat
Sygg, River Cutthroat rewards dealing damage to opponents each turn with card draw, and Bladegriff Prototype delivers that damage through the air while also stripping away blockers — the two cards share the same gameplan of consistent, evasive pressure.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Bladegriff Prototype's home is Commander, where three opponents mean three potential sacrifice triggers each time it connects and political deterrence is genuinely valuable. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but nowhere close to playable — four mana for a 3/4 that requires combat damage to generate value is too slow against the threats those formats put out on turns one and two. Oathbreaker is the only other 60-card-adjacent format where it sees any consideration, and only in aggressive or combat-focused builds that can protect the Prototype long enough to profit.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.38 bulk tier
At $0.38, Bladegriff Prototype sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up as a throw-in and unlikely to drop further, but also unlikely to climb given its narrow appeal outside Felix Five-Boots and similar combat-trigger decks.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.