Wanted Griffin
Creature — Griffin
Flying
When this creature dies, create a 1/1 red Mercenary creature token with "
: Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery."
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #23107
Wanted Griffin is a 3/1 flying creature for four mana that gives your opponents a Treasure token when it enters — a significant drawback that puts you behind on resources the moment it lands. Vanilla stats at this cost are already below rate, and handing out free mana makes this a hard pass in any competitive context.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Wanted Griffin is legal across every major format, but that breadth doesn't translate to relevance in any of them. In Commander, a 3/1 flyer for four mana that generates a Treasure for each opponent is a three-for-one against yourself at a table of four. Pauper is the one format where cheap commons can carve out roles, but Wanted Griffin's stats and enters-the-battlefield penalty are too steep even there. In constructed formats like Standard, Pioneer, or Modern, four-mana creatures need to stabilize a board or generate immediate card advantage — this does neither.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Wanted Griffin is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in the common box at the bottom of a trade binder. Bulk commons don't appreciate, and there's no competitive demand here that would move the price.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.