Congregation Gryff
Creature — Hippogriff Mount
Flying, lifelink
Whenever this creature attacks while saddled, it gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of Mounts you control.
Saddle 3 (Tap any number of other creatures you control with total power 3 or more: This Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. Saddle only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #17138
Congregation Gryff enters as a 3/4 flying lifelink for five mana — a solid body that gains you life on every hit and stabilizes boards where you're behind. The rate is fair but not exceptional, which means it earns its slot only in decks that actively reward lifegain or flying creature counts.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Congregation Gryff is a role-player in lifegain and flying-matters builds — it does real work alongside payoffs like Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn or Boros lifegain commanders who want every point to matter. Outside Commander, the card is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but a five-mana 3/4 with no enters-the-battlefield effect beyond its own combat stats faces a steep bar in competitive 60-card formats. Legacy and Vintage won't touch it; Modern and Pioneer have cleaner lifegain engines. Standard is its most realistic competitive home, and only if the format rewards incremental lifegain payoffs enough to justify the slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Congregation Gryff is deep bulk — zero barrier to picking up a copy if the deck calls for it. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point don't move unless they spike into a competitive archetype, so expect it to stay right here.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.