Griffin Guide
Duel Decks: Heroes vs. Monsters 28 • uncommon
- Set
- Duel Decks: Heroes vs. Monsters
- Collector number
- 28
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Johann Bodin
- Market price
- $0.28
What it does
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying.
When enchanted creature dies, create a 2/2 white Griffin creature token with flying.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Griffin Guide was released in 2013 as part of the Duel Decks: Heroes vs. Monsters set, a product designed to pit archetypal fantasy concepts against one another in a ready-to-play format. This card serves as an enchantment that provides a creature with +2/+2 and flying, embodying the classic high-fantasy trope of an adventurer receiving aid from a mythical beast. Its inclusion in this specific deck was intended to support the heroic, airborne strategies favored by the white-aligned player.
The artwork was commissioned from illustrator Johann Bodin, whose work often features high-contrast lighting and dynamic character poses. For this piece, Bodin focused on capturing the tactile connection between the rider and the griffin, emphasizing the utility of the mount in aerial combat. Upon its release, the card was received as a functional, flavorful inclusion that reinforced the thematic mechanical identity of the Heroes deck, remaining a consistent example of limited-environment design in the Magic: The Gathering ecosystem.
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