Makindi Griffin
Creature — Griffin
Flying
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Zendikar vs. Eldrazi
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #26450
Makindi Griffin is a 2/3 flier for five mana with no enters-the-battlefield effect, no evasion beyond flying, and no text beyond its creature types. Vanilla bodies at this rate are unplayable in any competitive context — there is no shell that wants this card.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Makindi Griffin is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality is not relevance. In Commander, a 2/3 flier for five mana competes against Mulldrifter, Serra Angel variants, and dozens of creatures that do something the moment they hit the table — Makindi Griffin does nothing. Pauper is the one format where vanilla fliers have occasionally seen fringe play, but even there a 2/3 for five is well below the rate you need to survive. Across every format where it's legal, it gets outclassed on mana efficiency alone.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Makindi Griffin sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its ceiling, not a discount. Bulk vanillas don't appreciate — this is a trade-binder filler card with no competitive demand propping it up.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.