Mistmoon Griffin is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Flying When this creature dies, exile it, then return the top creature card of your graveyard to the battlefield.
How it works : Mistmoon Griffin
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If an effect or rule puts two or more cards into the same graveyard at the same time, the owner of those cards may arrange them in any order.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The "top" card of your graveyard is the card that was put there most recently.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Players may not rearrange the cards in their graveyards. This is a little-known rule because new cards that care about graveyard order haven't been printed in years.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If you control Mistmoon Griffin when it goes to the graveyard, you exile the Griffin and return the top creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It doesn't matter whose graveyard the Griffin goes to.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
The last thing that happens to a resolving instant or sorcery spell is that it's put into its owner's graveyard. —Example: You cast Wrath of God. All creatures on the battlefield are destroyed. You arrange all the cards put into your graveyard this way in any order you want. The other players in the game do the same to the cards that are put into their graveyards. Then you put Wrath of God into your graveyard, on top of the other cards.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
Say you're the owner of both a permanent and an Aura that's attached to it. If both the permanent and the Aura are destroyed at the same time (by Akroma's Vengeance, for example), you decide the order they're put into your graveyard. If just the enchanted permanent is destroyed, it's put into your graveyard first. Then, after state-based actions are checked, the Aura (which is no longer attached to anything) is put into your graveyard on top of it.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #7· Wizards of the Coast
You still put the top creature card from your graveyard onto the battlefield even if this card is not in your graveyard when the triggered ability resolves.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Hofri Ghostforge + Mistmoon Griffin + Goblin Bombardment
- 1Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Mistmoon Griffin.
- 2Mistmoon Griffin dies, triggering itself and Hofri Ghostforge.
- 3Resolve the Hofri Ghostforge trigger, exiling Mistmoon Griffin from your graveyard and creating a token copy of Mistmoon Griffin that has "When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to your graveyard".
- 4Resolve the Mistmoon Griffin trigger, returning nothing from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing the Mistmoon Griffin token.
- 6The Mistmoon Griffin token dies, triggering itself twice.
- 7Resolve the Mistmoon Griffin token's trigger granted by Hofri Ghostforge, returning Mistmoon Griffin from exile to your graveyard.
- 8Resolve the other Mistmoon Griffin trigger, returning Mistmoon Griffin from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Hofri Ghostforge + Mistmoon Griffin + Ashnod's Altar
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Mistmoon Griffin, adding
. - 2Mistmoon Griffin dies, triggering itself and Hofri Ghostforge.
- 3Resolve the Hofri Ghostforge trigger, exiling Mistmoon Griffin from your graveyard and creating a token copy of Mistmoon Griffin that has "When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to your graveyard".
- 4Resolve the Mistmoon Griffin trigger, returning nothing from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Mistmoon Griffin token, adding .
- 6The Mistmoon Griffin token dies, triggering itself twice.
- 7Resolve the Mistmoon Griffin token's trigger granted by Hofri Ghostforge, returning Mistmoon Griffin from exile to your graveyard.
- 8Resolve the other Mistmoon Griffin trigger, returning Mistmoon Griffin from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Saffi Eriksdotter + Mistmoon Griffin + Goblin Bombardment
- 1Activate Saffi by sacrificing it, targeting Mistmoon Griffin.
- 2Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Mistmoon Griffin.
- 3When Mistmoon Griffin dies, it and Saffi trigger.
- 4Resolve the Saffi trigger, returning Mistmoon Griffin from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Resolve the Mistmoon Griffin trigger, failing to exile it as it is not in your graveyard and then returning Saffi from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 6Resolve the Goblin Bombardment ability.
- 7Repeat.
Hofri Ghostforge + Mistmoon Griffin + Altar of Dementia
- 1Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Mistmoon Griffin.
- 2Mistmoon Griffin dies, triggering itself and Hofri Ghostforge.
- 3Resolve the Hofri Ghostforge trigger, exiling Mistmoon Griffin from your graveyard and creating a token copy of Mistmoon Griffin that has "When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to your graveyard".
- 4Resolve the Mistmoon Griffin trigger, returning nothing from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability from step 1, causing target player to mill cards equal to Mistmoon Griffin's power.
- 6Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing the Mistmoon Griffin token.
- 7The Mistmoon Griffin token dies, triggering itself twice.
- 8Resolve the Mistmoon Griffin token's trigger granted by Hofri Ghostforge, returning Mistmoon Griffin from exile to your graveyard.
Hofri Ghostforge + Mistmoon Griffin + Phyrexian Altar
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Mistmoon Griffin, adding one mana of any color.
- 2Mistmoon Griffin dies, triggering itself and Hofri Ghostforge.
- 3Resolve the Hofri Ghostforge trigger, exiling Mistmoon Griffin from your graveyard and creating a token copy of Mistmoon Griffin that has "When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to your graveyard".
- 4Resolve the Mistmoon Griffin trigger, returning nothing from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Mistmoon Griffin token, adding one mana of any color.
- 6The Mistmoon Griffin token dies, triggering itself twice.
- 7Resolve the Mistmoon Griffin token's trigger granted by Hofri Ghostforge, returning Mistmoon Griffin from exile to your graveyard.
- 8Resolve the other Mistmoon Griffin trigger, returning Mistmoon Griffin from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Saffi Eriksdotter + Mistmoon Griffin + Phyrexian Altar
- 1Activate Saffi by sacrificing it, targeting Mistmoon Griffin.
- 2Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Mistmoon Griffin, adding one mana of any color.
- 3When Mistmoon Griffin dies, it and Saffi trigger.
- 4Resolve the Saffi trigger, returning Mistmoon Griffin from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Resolve the Mistmoon Griffin trigger, failing to exile it as it is not in your graveyard and then returning Saffi from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 6Repeat.
Saffi Eriksdotter + Mistmoon Griffin + Ashnod's Altar
- 1Activate Saffi by sacrificing it, targeting Mistmoon Griffin.
- 2Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Mistmoon Griffin, adding .
- 3When Mistmoon Griffin dies, it and Saffi trigger.
- 4Resolve the Saffi trigger, returning Mistmoon Griffin from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Resolve the Mistmoon Griffin trigger, failing to exile it as it is not in your graveyard and then returning Saffi from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 6Repeat.
Saffi Eriksdotter + Mistmoon Griffin + Blasting Station
- 1Activate Saffi by sacrificing it, targeting Mistmoon Griffin.
- 2Activate Blasting Station by tapping it and sacrificing Mistmoon Griffin.
- 3When Mistmoon Griffin dies, it and Saffi trigger.
- 4Resolve the Saffi trigger, returning Mistmoon Griffin from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5When Mistmoon Griffin enters the battlefield, Blasting Station triggers, untapping Blasting Station.
- 6Resolve the Mistmoon Griffin trigger, failing to exile it as it is not in your graveyard and then returning Saffi from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7When Saffi enters the battlefield, Blasting Station triggers, untapping Blasting Station.
- 8Resolve the Blasting Station ability from step 2.
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