Charging Griffin
Creature — Griffin
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic Origins
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #22863
Charging Griffin is a vanilla 3/2 flyer for four mana — a rate the game outgrew years ago. Every competitive format has cheaper, more capable creatures that make this a bench-warmer in any serious list.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Charging Griffin is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, a 3/2 flyer for four that does nothing else on entry or in the graveyard is below the power floor — white has Serra Angel variants, Lyrie Alynna options, and recursive threats that outclass this at the same cost. Pauper is the one format where commons matter most, but even there the common card pool offers better four-mana white creatures with actual upside. The honest read: Charging Griffin belongs in a starter precon or a sealed pool, not in any tuned list.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Charging Griffin is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a draft chaff box. That price reflects its demand accurately and is unlikely to move in either direction.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.