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Griffin Canyon

Multiverse ID: 3751

Griffin Canyon

Comments (16)

KanoTheKittenator
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0) (4 votes)
Oh awesome make one colorless many or give one of my mana Griffins +1/+1 and psuedo vigilance!
Piechart
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (5 votes)
There's actually a combo with this: Krosan Restorer and Amoeboid Changeling to give the Krosan Restorer +inf/+inf. Repeatable the next turn too, if neccessary, but why would it be? Just use Fling, or any number of other things.
yojimbojones
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0) (5 votes)
Sadly, some of the cheapest griffin's to cast are diving griffin and griffin sentential. Both of which have vigilance. =( For other griff's it is quite nice though.
garbagegatherer
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Actually the combo is to make this a creature and change the creature type afterward. Then make him tap/untap his self.
allmighty_abacus
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (3 votes)
Gotta love the new oracle text- "Untap target Griffin. If it's a creature, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn." When would a griffin not be a creature?
GainsBanding
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
It woudln't be a creature anymore if Soul Sculptor turned it into an enchantment.
tavaritz
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
And they could print Griffin tribal permanents other than creatures.
yyukichigai
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (4 votes)
I find this card maddening. It goes great in any Griffin deck, except Griffins in general are overcosted to the point where they're not readily playable. Even when this card first came out the cheapest Griffin you could find was {3}{W}, which makes me wonder why it and Zuberi, Golden Feather were printed. To make us wish Griffins could be cool?

It's a little less difficult to make a Griffin deck now, what with Azorius First-Wing, Fledgling Griffin, Wild Griffin, Diving Griffin, and even Tethered Griffin, but it's still not an easy thing.
Ideatog
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0) (1 vote)
This is going to be great with all of the new griffins in M12.
sarroth
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
Now that I've seen this, it's time to pick up 4x Griffin Riders and go Griffin tribal. Hell yeah.
ofwgktaftw
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (12 votes)
Wait, nobody noticed the artist's name? Stuart *GRIFFIN*? On a card named GRIFFIN Canyon!? That is tribal for GRIFFINS!? SO MUCH GRIFFIN
Salient
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (4 votes)
This + Animate Land + Amoeboid Changeling is really, really funny.

"I attack thee with my 1922308957234059283059823905/1922308957234059283059823905 Griffin land creature!"

People will hate you.
Anathame
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Karl Franz disapproves of Griffins being so bad.
phyrexiantrygon
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0) (3 votes)
I WILL make this infinite!!! (not that its very hard)

@ allmighty_abacus

Ooh ooh! I got this one: when its ajar! ;P
Morgaledh
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Automatic four in any griffin deck. Pretty useless anywhere else. I love griffins, so great card, I say.
EGarrett01
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (1 vote)
Shouldn't Griffins just have the creature type "Bird Cat?" And while I'm at it, Centaurs should be Human Horses. It feels so much more tidy and makes their interactions more interesting.