Ride the Sand: Gila Courser
Gila Courser is a compact red creature that delivers immediate pressure with a 4/2 body for three mana. It reads cleanly on the battlefield and gives you card advantage when you commit it to the attack while saddled. Experienced players will see it as a low cost way to convert tempo into future options by exiling the top card of your library and granting permission to play it until the end of your next turn.
In Outlaws of Thunder Junction lore this mount fits the roaming scouts and caravans of the badlands. Mechanically it supports aggressive lines that still value late game reach. The saddle ability encourages creatures trading tempo for utility, and the exile plus play window rewards deckbuilding that tolerates top of library variance. This Near Mint Foil print is suitable for foil collectors and playsets alike.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {2}{R}
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Card Type – Creature
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Subtypes – Lizard Mount
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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 (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.)
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Power / Toughness – 4/2
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Rarity – Uncommon
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Set – Outlaws of Thunder Junction
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Condition – Near Mint
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Style – Foil
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Language – English
