Resplendent Griffin
Creature — Griffin
Flying
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
Whenever this creature attacks, if you have the city's blessing, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Rivals of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #27578
Resplendent Griffin is a three-mana 2/2 flyer that grows when you scry — a modest rate that only pays off if your deck is built around repeated scry triggers. Outside of dedicated scry engines, the body is undersized and the condition too narrow to justify a slot.
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 |
Resplendent Griffin is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive play in the non-rotating formats ignores it entirely — a 2/2 for three that requires scry investment to grow doesn't clear the bar when alternatives are cheaper and more immediate. In Commander, it finds its only plausible home in scry-heavy blue or white builds where repeated scry payoffs are the deck's explicit theme. Even there, Resplendent Griffin is competing against more impactful scry payoffs and rarely makes the final cut.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Resplendent Griffin is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box long before you'd spend time ordering it. There's no pressure to buy in and no expectation it moves off the floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.