Gila Courser: Saddle Up for Card Advantage

Gila Courser is a compact red threat that pulls double duty as a clock and a dig tool. For a cost of {2}{R} you get a 4 2 Creature Lizard Mount that pressures life totals and triggers a library exile when it attacks while saddled. Experienced players will recognize the tempo swing here. You attack with a beefy body and set up a future play by exiling the top card of your library and reserving the right to cast it until after your next turn.

Its Saddle 1 ability creates interesting sequencing decisions. Tap other creatures with total power 1 or more to saddle the Mount and make that attack trigger live. The card fits naturally into aggressive or midrange builds that can spare creatures to pay the saddle cost and want to smooth draws or extend reach across turns. In the Outlaws of Thunder Junction context the Courser reads as a dependable on board threat and a selective tutor built into combat.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost – {2}{R}
• Card Type – Creature
• Subtypes – Lizard Mount
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Whenever Gila Courser attacks while saddled, exile the top card of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.
  
  Saddle 1 {T}: Tap any number of other creatures you control with total power 1 or more. This Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. Saddle only as a sorcery.
• Power / Toughness – 4/2