Skybound Sentinel

Ruin-Lurker Bat is a compact utility flier that earns its place in aggressive and tempo white lists. The Near Mint Foil shows the creature's narrow wings and caverns backdrop, which reads clearly through the foil. As printed on the card, Ruin-Lurker Bat has flying and lifelink, making each unblockable point of damage matter. It trades well on the air and stabilizes life totals while advancing your board plan.

The secondary ability reads at the beginning of your end step, if you descended this turn, scry 1. That clause rewards decks that leverage sacrifice or self mill to trigger descent and gain card selection without spending mana. Ruin-Lurker Bat is a one drop that fits into early plays, gap filling slots, and synergies that value repeated small bodies that both hit the air and set up future draws.

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