Mtenda Griffin
Creature — Griffin
Flying
, 
: Return this creature to its owner's hand and return target Griffin card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only during your upkeep.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #22446
Mtenda Griffin is a 2/2 flyer for four mana with a tap ability that gains 1 life — a rate so far below the curve that it doesn't belong in competitive or even casual Commander lists. Bulk rare status tells you everything: it has never found a home.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Mtenda Griffin is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, a 2/2 flying body for four mana with a marginal life-gain ability competes against a deep pool of efficient threats and utility creatures, and it loses that competition badly. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a card this slow and this low-impact. Oathbreaker follows the same logic — the format's speed makes a four-mana 2/2 a liability.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Mtenda Griffin sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its near-zero demand across every format it's legal in. Don't expect it to move — bulk with no combo application or reprint hype tends to stay bulk.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.