Zhalfirin Commander

Zhalfirin Commander (Mirage)
Stuart Griffin

Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.) {1}{W}{W}: Target Knight creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

"Command is the act of balancing on a vine and convincing others that it is firm ground." —Sidar Jabari

Zhalfirin Commander (Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons)
Stuart Griffin

Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.) {1}{W}{W}: Target Knight creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

"Command is the act of balancing on a vine and convincing others that it is firm ground." —Sidar Jabari

Zhalfirin Commander (Time Spiral Timeshifted)
Stuart Griffin

Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.) {1}{W}{W}: Target Knight creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

"Command is the act of balancing on a vine and convincing others that it is firm ground." —Sidar Jabari

Scarwood Treefolk (Time Spiral)
Stuart Griffin

This creature enters tapped.

To treefolk's sense of time, ages pass as hours. They stood as witnesses to the apocalypse, the years of which they saw as one cacophonous, ultra-destructive moment.

Gustcloak Cavalier (Time Spiral)
Stuart Griffin

Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.) Whenever this creature attacks, you may tap target creature. Whenever this creature becomes blocked, you may untap this creature and remove it from combat.

Griffin Canyon (Visions)
Stuart Griffin

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Untap target Griffin. If it's a creature, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

"Where are falling feathers deadlier than falling rock?" —*The One Thousand Questions*

Disrupting Scepter (Eighth Edition)
Stuart Griffin

{3}, {T}: Target player discards a card. Activate only during your turn.

"True power is controlling not only the hearts of your subjects, but their minds as well."

Maro (Eighth Edition)
Stuart Griffin

Maro's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.

No two see the same Maro.

Zombie Master (Fifth Edition)
Stuart Griffin

Other Zombie creatures have swampwalk. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.) Other Zombies have "{B}: Regenerate this permanent."

He controlled the zombies even before his own death; now nothing can make them betray him.

Disrupting Scepter (Ninth Edition)
Stuart Griffin

{3}, {T}: Target player discards a card. Activate only during your turn.

"True power is controlling not only the hearts of your subjects, but their minds as well."

Daraja Griffin (Visions)
Stuart Griffin

Flying Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target black creature.

"And the flamingos said, 'Get out of our nest—we can't be seen with the likes of you!' So, the griffin ate them." —Azeworai, "The Ugly Bird"

Maro (Classic Sixth Edition)
Stuart Griffin

Maro's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.

No two see the same Maro.

Maro (Mirage)
Stuart Griffin

Maro's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.

No two see the same Maro.

Havenwood Wurm (Jumpstart 2022)
Stuart Griffin

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Trample

Time rifts bring tunneling beasts of old into the hard, dry earth of the present. Most die there, trapped, but the mightiest burst through the surface.

Disrupting Scepter (Classic Sixth Edition)
Stuart Griffin

{3}, {T}: Target player discards a card. Activate only during your turn.

Mtenda Lion (Mirage)
Stuart Griffin

Whenever this creature attacks, defending player may pay {U}. If that player does, prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by this creature this turn.

"The lion drank that lake right up! In thanks, he gave Siti the power to speak with lions and make them leave the goats alone." —Afari, *Tales*

Aladdin's Ring (Classic Sixth Edition)
Stuart Griffin

{8}, {T}: This artifact deals 4 damage to any target.

". . . The magician drew a ring off his finger . . . , saying: 'It is a talisman against all evil, so long as you obey me.'" —*The Arabian Nights*, Junior Classics trans.

Maro (Ninth Edition)
Stuart Griffin

Maro's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.

No two see the same Maro.

Afiya Grove (Mirage)
Stuart Griffin

This enchantment enters with three +1/+1 counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, move a +1/+1 counter from this enchantment onto target creature. When this enchantment has no +1/+1 counters on it, sacrifice it.

Zhalfirin Commander (Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons)
Stuart Griffin

Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.) {1}{W}{W}: Target Knight creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

"Command is the act of balancing on a vine and convincing others that it is firm ground." —Sidar Jabari

Screeching Sliver (Time Spiral)
Stuart Griffin

All Slivers have "{T}: Target player mills a card."

"What wears down my people most, I think, is not the danger, but the endless screeching outside our camp." —Merrik Aidar, Benalish patrol

Maro (The List)
Stuart Griffin

Maro's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.

No two see the same Maro.

Havenwood Wurm (Time Spiral)
Stuart Griffin

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Trample

Time rifts bring tunneling beasts of old into the hard, dry earth of the present. Most die there, trapped, but the mightiest burst through the surface.

Disrupting Scepter (Fifth Edition)
Stuart Griffin

{3}, {T}: Target player discards a card. Activate only during your turn.

Erg Raiders (Fifth Edition)
Stuart Griffin

At the beginning of your end step, if this creature didn't attack this turn, it deals 2 damage to you unless it came under your control this turn.

Seedling Charm (Mirage)
Stuart Griffin

Choose one — • Return target Aura attached to a creature to its owner's hand. • Regenerate target green creature. • Target creature gains trample until end of turn.

Screeching Sliver (Secret Lair Drop)
Stuart Griffin

All Slivers have "{T}: Target player mills a card."

"What wears down my people most, I think, is not the danger, but the endless screeching outside our camp." —Merrik Aidar, Benalish patrol

Jamuraan Lion (Visions)
Stuart Griffin

{W}, {T}: Target creature can't block this turn.

The lion blinked —Femeref expression meaning "situation avoided"

Zhalfirin Commander (Mirage)
Stuart Griffin

Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.) {1}{W}{W}: Target Knight creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

"Command is the act of balancing on a vine and convincing others that it is firm ground." —Sidar Jabari

Zombie Master (Mystery Booster 2)
Stuart Griffin

Other Zombie creatures have swampwalk. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.) Other Zombies have "{B}: Regenerate this permanent."

He controlled the zombies even before his own death; now nothing can make them betray him.

Zhalfirin Commander (Time Spiral Timeshifted)
Stuart Griffin

Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.) {1}{W}{W}: Target Knight creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

"Command is the act of balancing on a vine and convincing others that it is firm ground." —Sidar Jabari

Tolarian Serpent (Weatherlight)
Stuart Griffin

At the beginning of your upkeep, mill seven cards.

"When the fishtails' threats of magic didn't move me, they set their pet on us." —Tahngarth of the *Weatherlight*

Aladdin's Ring (Fifth Edition)
Stuart Griffin

{8}, {T}: This artifact deals 4 damage to any target.

". . . [T]he magician drew a ring off his finger . . . , saying: 'It is a talisman against all evil, so long as you obey me.'" —*The Arabian Nights*, Junior Classics trans.

Daraja Griffin (Classic Sixth Edition)
Stuart Griffin

Flying Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target black creature.

"And the flamingos said, 'Get out of our nest—we can't be seen with the likes of you!' So, the griffin ate them." —Azeworai, "The Ugly Bird"