Griffin Rider
Magic 2012 20 • common
- Set
- Magic 2012
- Collector number
- 20
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Steve Prescott
- Market price
- $0.20
What it does
As long as you control a Griffin creature, this creature gets +3/+3 and has flying.
After fighting alongside the griffin riders, older knights of Thune learned to admire a mount that could rip an enemy to shreds in seconds.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Griffin Rider card was released in 2011 as part of the Magic 2012 core set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It was designed as a white-aligned creature intended to highlight the set's mechanical focus on tribal synergies, specifically rewarding players for including other Griffin cards in their decks. The core sets of this era were frequently updated to introduce new art and mechanics while maintaining a consistent mechanical identity for established players.
The card features artwork by the illustrator Volkan Baga, who is noted for his dramatic and high-fantasy aesthetic within the game. Baga’s illustration captures the symbiotic relationship between the rider and the mount, emphasizing the creature's avian features and the noble bearing expected of a white-aligned creature. Upon its release, the card was received as a functional, mid-tier limited play piece that helped solidify the Griffin creature type's presence in the draft environment of the Magic 2012 set.
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