Griffin Rider is a white common creature in the Magic: The Gathering 2012 Core Set. The Limited applications of this unassuming 1/1 are quite scary, even though it does rely heavily on what other cards you are able to acquire.
Griffin Rider
1W
Creature - Human Knight Common
As long as you control a Griffin creature, Griffin Rider gets +3/+3 and has flying.
1/1
Common slot Griffins that can let your Griffin Rider soar as a 4/4 flyer for 2 mana? Griffin Sentinel, Peregrine Griffin, and Assault Griffin are already confirmed as in for M12. All playable flyers in their own right, they turn Griffin Rider into an absolutely unparalleled 2 drop.
But is it worth the risk? Creatures like Griffin Rider can often be dismissed depending on how the full set breakdown turns out, as “cards that rely on other cards” are a dangerous proposition, when a stray removal spell can blast your Griffin enabler out of the sky during an attack – leaving you attacking with a very irrelevant, and very vulnerable, 1/1 Griffin Rider without a mount.
As you can be swinging with Griffin Rider for 4 evasive points on turn 3, it might end up being a card worth building around. When the full set is revealed it will be easier to make an estimate on how many Griffins you’ll be able to count on and how many removal spells can ruin your plans instantly.
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