Gale Swooper
Creature — Griffin
Flying
When this creature enters, target creature gains flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Core Set 2021
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #27298
Gale Swooper enters the battlefield and gives your other creatures flying until end of turn — a combat trick stapled to a body that can swing the math on a board stall or push lethal through blockers. The cost is that it only affects your creatures in play at that moment, so it demands timing discipline to extract full value.
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 |
In Commander, Gale Swooper is a niche inclusion — it fits best in go-wide token decks that need a evasion pump to close a game, but competes with more consistent flying-grant options. In Pauper, the common slot is real and aggressive tempo decks might find a use for the enter-the-battlefield trigger in combat math. Across Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage, Gale Swooper doesn't clear the bar — those formats demand more from a three-mana creature that provides only a conditional, temporary effect.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Gale Swooper is deep bulk — you're paying sleeve costs more than card costs. There's no meaningful price floor to protect here; this is a pick-it-out-of-a-commons-bin card.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.