Not that I've played with it yet, but this looks like it'll be a solid, solid limited card.
mtgraptor
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(5 votes)
well they've taken Snapping Drake and decided it should be white in M11
ZEvilMustache
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
But I think it might be stronger in white than it ever was in blue!
Vinifera7
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Well, it's a White Snapping Drake. Should be quite good in limited.
Eternal_Blue
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(5 votes)
one more mana and you get baneslayer. that makes sense...
roqbthepirate
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(6 votes)
@Eternal_Blue - comparison to baneslayer? is that a joke sir? this is clearly a vanilla card for limited use only. It served me quite well in my prerelease event, being one of the few common 3 power flyers.
MagicStick
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(5 votes)
Come on limited players, lets get the rating up a little higher for this well deserving creature. 3.5/5
SorianSadaskan
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
White 3/2 creature with flying for only 4 CMC isn't that bad if you think about it. 3 damage by white each turn is pretty good plus white spells and enchantment can reinforce it's low toughness. Pay heed to my words, it will do you good.
Cheza
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0)(6 votes)
Power dominance for a white creature??? Lord, please make R&D think before they decide. It"s surely a good card for limited games and the loss of toughness makes the card common, but this has nothing to do with a white card. Could have been colorless instead.
Laguz
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Why do most commenters and raters completely disregard a card's value in limited? Pick a bunch of these and some wild griffins, azure drakes and stormfront pegasi and you're going to win your draft.
Stray_Dog
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Love that art.
When I look at this card and Snapping Drake, I think of all the cool things that white can do with a creature like Assault Griffin in general (like pumping), and then I look at what Snapping Drake does for blue, which is that it is aggressive creature in a typically passive colour (by aggressive I mean higher P than T). Viewed through the lens of their respective colours, Assault Griffin and Snapping Drake are probably very different cards, but they also share that commonality between them. I like that about Magic.
Magnor_Criol
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Took me a while, but I just noticed what's going on in the bottom right corner. That's a man's jaw flying through the air as the griffin tears him a new one. Surprisingly (and humorously) brutal for a White card.
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When I look at this card and Snapping Drake, I think of all the cool things that white can do with a creature like Assault Griffin in general (like pumping), and then I look at what Snapping Drake does for blue, which is that it is aggressive creature in a typically passive colour (by aggressive I mean higher P than T). Viewed through the lens of their respective colours, Assault Griffin and Snapping Drake are probably very different cards, but they also share that commonality between them. I like that about Magic.