Retaliator Griffin
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Retaliator Griffin {1}{R}{G}{W}

Creature — Griffin · 2/2 · Rare · Alara Reborn · #123

Flying

Whenever a source an opponent controls deals damage to you, you may put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature.

Legal inCommanderModernLegacyVintage

Not legal inBrawlStandardPioneerPauper

2 printings · $0.49 to $0.99 at Card Kingdom
SetNumberRarityCard KingdomFoil
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5 rulings from Wizards of the Coast
  1. 1 May 2009If Retaliator Griffin is dealt lethal damage at the same time that you’re dealt damage by a source an opponent controls, Retaliator Griffin will be put into a graveyard before it would receive any counters. Its ability will still trigger, but it will do nothing when it resolves.
  2. 1 May 2009The source of combat damage is the creature that dealt it.
  3. 1 May 2009If an ability causes damage to be dealt, that ability will always identify the source of the damage. The ability itself is never the source. However, the source of the ability is often the source of the damage. For example, Deathbringer Thoctar’s ability says “Deathbringer Thoctar deals 1 damage to any target.”
  4. 1 May 2009If the source of the damage is a permanent, Retaliator Griffin checks whether an opponent controls that permanent at the time that damage is dealt. If the permanent has left the battlefield by then, its last known information is used. If the source of the damage is a spell, whether it’s controlled by an opponent is obvious. If the source of the damage is a card in some other zone (such as a cycled Jund Sojourners), Retaliator Griffin checks whether the card’s owner, rather than its controller, is an opponent.
  5. 1 May 2009If a spell causes damage to be dealt, that spell will always identify the source of the damage. In most cases, the source is the spell itself. For example, Breath of Malfegor says “Breath of Malfegor deals 5 damage to each opponent.”