"Hey, nice bird. But it's missing something....a leopard's ass."
yyukichigai
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
This card, along with Zuberi, Golden Feather, is what made griffin decks even remotely playable when the creature type first was seen. Sure, you can kill off a bunch of griffins fairly easily (at the time they were all 2/2 flyers, every last one), but if the Mtenda survives they'll be coming back... slowly.
Another thing I used to overlook with this card is that the Mtenda Griffin is returned to your hand as part of the effect, not as part of the cost. This means if you can find some way to untap it in response to the ability going on the stack (for example, a Griffin Canyon) then you can pull another griffin back from the graveyard with the same creature. Of course, then you have to cast three griffins that turn, most of which have a 4 CMC, but there are ways around that (Helm of Awakening and Cryptic Gateway spring to mind).
tjman543
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Cast Colossal Might on this guy so you too can have a Mtenda 6/4.
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Another thing I used to overlook with this card is that the Mtenda Griffin is returned to your hand as part of the effect, not as part of the cost. This means if you can find some way to untap it in response to the ability going on the stack (for example, a Griffin Canyon) then you can pull another griffin back from the graveyard with the same creature. Of course, then you have to cast three griffins that turn, most of which have a 4 CMC, but there are ways around that (Helm of Awakening and Cryptic Gateway spring to mind).