Ruin-Lurker Bat (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan) Light Play Foil

Shadowed Flight

Ruin-Lurker Bat is a compact opener for white aggro and life gain decks. The card reads as a 1 1 flyer with lifelink, letting you push small amounts of damage through blockers while steadily recovering life. The art shows a lone bat emerging from a cavern mouth which matches the set tone and tells you this is a card built for tempo and incremental advantage rather than raw power.

Its triggered ability gives you a scry at the end step when you have descended that turn, so the bat doubles as a set up tool. Play it early to stabilize against creature draws or to smooth your draws after a combat step where it matters. The Ruin-Lurker Bat fits into curves where every point of life and every card selection changes the game state in the coming turns.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost – {W}
• Card Type – Creature
• Subtypes – Bat
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Flying, lifelink. At the beginning of your end step, if you descended this turn, scry 1. (You descended if a permanent card was put into your graveyard from anywhere.)
• Power / Toughness – 1/1