Assault Griffin
Gatecrash 4 • common
- Set
- Gatecrash
- Collector number
- 4
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Eric Velhagen
- Market price
- $0.03
What it does
Flying
"The Simic offer a prize to any biomancer who can breed a krasis to match a griffin in the air. It's never been claimed."— Libuse, Boros sergeant
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Assault Griffin was released in 2013 as part of the Gatecrash expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Set on the plane of Ravnica, the card represents the Azorius Senate, one of the ten iconic guilds depicted in the set. Designed as a common-rarity white creature, it features the 'battalion' ability, a mechanic introduced in this set to mechanically represent the disciplined, coordinated military tactics associated with the Boros Legion, though the creature itself is aligned with the flavor of Ravnica's law-enforcing factions.
The card was illustrated by Greg Staples, a long-time contributor to the game known for his atmospheric and gritty fantasy art. Staples focused on the physical presence of the griffin as a guardian, emphasizing its armored wings and vigilant posture. Upon its release, it was received as a functional 'limited' card, primarily intended to bolster the mid-game board presence of white-aligned decks in Draft and Sealed formats rather than for competitive constructed play.
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