Screeching Griffin
Creature — Griffin
Flying
: Target creature can't block this creature this turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #30950
Screeching Griffin is a 2/2 flier for four mana — a stat line that was underpowered years ago and hasn't aged into relevance. Without an enters-the-battlefield ability, a combat trick, or any text that scales with the game state, it doesn't make the cut in any competitive slot.
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 |
Screeching Griffin is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Pauper, where commons are held to a higher standard than people expect, a vanilla 2/2 flier for four is well below the curve — white has access to far more efficient bodies at common. In Commander, 100-card singleton demands every slot pull weight, and Screeching Griffin offers nothing beyond a flying blocker that will be outclassed by turn four. Across every format where it's legal, there is a cheaper, larger, or more impactful flier doing the same job better.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Screeching Griffin sits firmly in bulk territory and will stay there — demand doesn't exist to push a vanillaish four-mana 2/2 out of the bulk bin. Pick it up only if you're completing a collection or fulfilling a very specific flavor-based build.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.