This is definitly one of the best recipiants of aura's in the set. Defensive, evasive and able to protect itself.
Plus "griffin skeleton" sounds like a pretty metal band name
Posted By:
leingodf8
(9/19/2013 2:02:07 AM)
GRIFFIN SKELETON!! Wow, and I thought Simic had all the exclusively brilliant typelines.
Scorpion Skeleton. This has to happen, and the art can't show the creature being this far out. It has to be a close-up view, like Giant Scorpion.
Posted By:
Splizer
(9/19/2013 9:43:43 AM)
Little lifelink oughta fix that regeneration problem.
Posted By:
XTwistedsoulX
(9/17/2013 5:05:06 PM)
Honestly? It'd have been great if you didn't need mana to regenerate it. Both is just a bit over the top.
Posted By:
NARFNra
(9/17/2013 10:43:43 PM)
@leingodf8
Agreed. Give him lifelink and deathtouch with the aura creatures in the set and he becomes a huge deterrent while swinging away each turn. I never regretted casting him in Limited.
@Legendxp
Not really, flying is white/black, vigilance is white, using life as a resource works well in white and is usually a black ability, and regeneration is black.
Posted By:
tankthebest
(9/21/2013 8:46:41 PM)
As of now, there are skeletons of every 
X color pair and at least one of each in Standard (Mortus Strider, Carnage Gladiator and Rakdos Ringleader, Rot Farm Skeleton).
Gift of Orzhova gives this +1/+1 and lifelink, allowing it to easily repay you for the life you spend keeping it alive. Hopeful Eidolon provides a similar benefit.
Posted By:
Manite
(11/8/2013 11:03:22 PM)
"Griffins, we need a clean up in river 5. Got some strays, just do the usual"
Posted By:
Epicelves
(9/19/2013 9:57:07 PM)
Its a griffin, AND a skeleton. For doubly infamous bad tribal.
This actually doesn't seem that bad, but still.
Posted By:
MadMethod
(9/17/2013 7:39:40 PM)
It's nice to see them branch out a wee bit with griffins but it's still mostly the same old drek. One step forward, two steps back. At least the art is fantastic.
Posted By:
TheManakinTransfer
(9/17/2013 4:54:57 PM)
Ergh. So does not fit with the rest of the Griffin tribal, such as it is. Still, it's not BAD. Not great, but not bad either. Flying + Vigilance is always a great combo, as Serra Angel has demonstrated for the last forever. Paying 3 life AND mana to regenerate something is just painful though.
Seriously, it's like there's an unwritten rule that all Griffins have to have something that makes them suck.
Posted By:
yyukichigai
(9/26/2013 4:47:00 AM)