Kutzil's Flanker (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan) Light Play

Surprise Strike Cat

Kutzil's Flanker is a compact toolkit for midrange white decks that value tempo and graveyard denial. The card name tells you what to expect. With flash you can deploy the 3 1 Cat Warrior after blockers are declared or in response to a removal spell. The enter the battlefield choice creates three distinct lines of play so you can adapt to the board state without overcommitting.

Play Kutzil's Flanker when you want to punish trades, stabilize life totals, or lock down an opponent reliant on the graveyard. Choosing the counter option scales with creatures that left the battlefield this turn so it pairs well with bounce effects and sacrifice synergies. The life gain plus scry gives a small but meaningful tempo swing while the exile mode removes a key resource from opponents. Practical, flexible, and easy to slot into decks that need a surprise edge from the Lost Caverns of Ixalan.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost – {2}{W}
• Card Type – Creature
• Subtypes – Cat Warrior
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Flash. When Kutzil's Flanker enters the battlefield, choose one — • Put a +1/+1 counter on Kutzil's Flanker for each creature that left the battlefield under your control this turn. • You gain 2 life and scry 2. • Exile target player's graveyard.
• Power / Toughness – 3/1