Sunspire Griffin
Creature — Griffin
Flying
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #21758
Sunspire Griffin is a 2/3 flyer for three mana with first strike — a passable blocker in Limited that never makes the cut in Constructed. White has too many cheaper or more impactful flying creatures for Sunspire Griffin to compete at any table above kitchen-table.
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 |
Sunspire Griffin is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different conversations. In Pauper it has the most plausible home — common-only skies can be contested, and first strike plus evasion does real work in a creature stall. In Commander, a 2/3 for three with no enters-the-battlefield effect and no tribal tag is below the floor of what a 100-card deck can afford to run. Everywhere else, the card is outclassed before it hits the table.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Sunspire Griffin sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of price that reflects demand, not scarcity. It holds no meaningful value and is unlikely to move without an unexpected rules change or reprint in a high-profile product that somehow spikes interest.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.