Sunspire Griffin

A 2/3 flier for three is one of white's oldest load-bearing commons, and the toughness does most of the quiet work. Three points of rear survives the one-damage pings and shrugs off the two-power ground trades that a 2/2 or 3/2 walks into, while the flying keeps it relevant in races a vanilla 2/3 would lose. That combination (just enough body to block down, just enough evasion to keep attacking) is the unglamorous task white aggro asks a three-drop to perform: hold the air, peck for two, and never be the card you regret drawing late. Griffins are the recurring tribe Wizards reaches for when it wants exactly this profile, and few specimens state it as cleanly, with no triggered ability or attached cost to dress it up. The design value here is precisely its plainness: it sets the baseline against which a slightly bigger or slightly cheaper flier reads as a deal or a stretch. Nothing on the card surprises you, and nothing is meant to. It teaches a newer player what an honest evasive beater should cost, and a veteran slots it without a second thought when the curve needs filling at three.