Dawn Gryff
Creature — Hippogriff
Flying
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Eldritch Moon
- Price
- $0.02
- EDHREC rank
- #29662
Dawn Gryff is a 2/1 flying lifelink for three mana — a statline so thin it rarely justifies a slot outside of very specific synergy shells. The body is undersized and the cost is a full mana too expensive for what you get.
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 |
Dawn Gryff is a bulk common that sees essentially no competitive play across any format. In Pauper it's outclassed by cheaper, more resilient white fliers, and in Commander the bar for a three-mana 2/1 is simply too high unless the deck is explicitly counting flying or lifelink bodies — think Isperia, Supreme Judge or Liesa, Shroud of Dusk strategies that want every instance of the keyword. Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage ignore it entirely; no powered or synergy shell needs this effect at this rate.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.02 bulk tier
At $0.02, Dawn Gryff sits at the absolute floor of bulk commons and is unlikely to move. It holds no financial value worth tracking — pick it up as a throw-in if a specific janky lifelink-matters build demands it, but don't expect any upside.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.