Soul-Guide Gryff
Creature — Hippogriff Spirit
Flying
When this creature enters, exile up to one target card from a graveyard.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #25947
Soul-Guide Gryff enters, exiles a graveyard, and leaves behind a 3/2 flier with lifelink — that's three relevant effects stapled to one card. The cost is four mana and the lack of instant-speed flexibility, but the value density makes it a legitimate inclusion in any white deck that wants incidental graveyard hate.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Soul-Guide Gryff earns a slot in white graveyard-hate packages, particularly in decks that can't afford to dedicate slots to pure hate like Rest in Peace without losing access to their own graveyard. In Pauper, it competes in white aggressive and tempo shells where a 3/2 flying lifelink body is genuinely relevant on board. Modern and Pioneer have faster, more surgical graveyard answers, so Soul-Guide Gryff rarely makes the cut outside of Limited-style formats. Legacy and Vintage don't even glance at four-mana creatures with conditional text. The sweet spot is Commander and Pauper, where the body justifies the cost even after the ETB has done its work.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Soul-Guide Gryff is deep bulk — buy a playset for the price of a sleeve. Bulk commons with niche Commander applications rarely appreciate, so treat it as a free inclusion rather than a spec.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.