Steelgaze Griffin
Creature — Griffin
Flying
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, this creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #28551
Steelgaze Griffin is a four-mana 2/3 flyer that lets you look at the top card of any player's library at any time — a marginal information effect stapled to an underpowered body. The cost in a tempo sense is real: four mana for a 2/3 is below rate even with flying, and persistent scry-adjacent effects at this price point need to do much more to earn 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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Steelgaze Griffin is a bulk common in every format it's legal in, and that's the honest summary. In Commander, where you're competing against Rhystic Study and Mystic Remora for the top of the "draw/information" pile, a 2/3 flyer that lets you peek at libraries doesn't clear the bar. Pauper is the one format where commons get real consideration, but even there the effect is too passive — knowing what's on top of an opponent's deck rarely translates into a meaningful action. Across Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage, Steelgaze Griffin simply doesn't exist as a competitive consideration.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Steelgaze Griffin is deep bulk — the kind of card that rounds out a bulk bin but never gets picked out of one. There's no pressure on that price in either direction; it reflects the card's play rate accurately and isn't going anywhere.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.