Goldmane Griffin
Creature — Griffin
Flying, vigilance
When this creature enters, you may search your library and/or graveyard for a card named Ajani, Inspiring Leader, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you search your library this way, shuffle.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Core Set 2020
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #25290
Goldmane Griffin is a five-mana 3/3 flyer that puts a Knight token onto the battlefield when it enters — reasonable stats, marginal effect, and nothing you can't get cheaper or more efficiently elsewhere. It's a draft card that wandered into Commander, and the 99 deserves better.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Goldmane Griffin is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability aren't the same thing. In Commander, it competes in a slot where five-mana creatures need to either end the game or generate serious card advantage — a 3/3 flyer plus a 2/2 token clears neither bar. In 60-card formats, it never sees play; Modern and Legacy have no interest in five-mana Griffin tokens when the format's threats operate on a completely different axis. Oathbreaker is the one context where a token-generating flyer might sneak into a go-wide white shell, but even there better options exist at lower cost.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Goldmane Griffin is deep bulk — the kind of card you find in a dollar box, not a trade binder. That price reflects demand accurately, and there's no competitive pressure that would push it higher.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.