Oath of the Gatewatch Spoiler 12-02

~
Happy Wednesday MTG peeps,

Something very interesting happened late yesterday evening which Magic: the Gathering fans will be talking about for several weeks.  Another unconfirmed / unofficial Oath of the Gatewatch spoiler - and this time a spoiler indeed and no suggestion of a carefully planned preview from Wizards of the Coast to look like a leak.

Someone, likely a distributor (as even the most far flung remote retailers will not see Oath of the Gatewatch product for weeks to come) took some pictures of an Pre-Release Pack, popped it open and also took pics of the Pre-Release Promo card.  The user 'ogwanon123' created a Reddit account, posted via Imgur and then quickly noped the heck off the interwebs after burning the account.

Anywhoos, lets have a look at the pics he posted !

Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim, WB
Legendary Creature - Kor Cleric, Rare
Deathtouch
1, Sacrifice another creature: You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness.
1WB, Sacrifice another creature: Exile target nonland permanent. Activate this ability only if you have at least 10 life more than your starting life total.
2/3
Illus. Cynthia Sheppard     

This card if it is real (and yes we really do think it is) is quite a crazy-good card that will see popular play across several formats.  B/W Soul Sisters, Deadguy Ale, Abzan 2-drop, Nantuko / Blood Artist / Zulaport sac shennanigans, tribal Kor, but not perhaps Allies.

Anywhoos, we've heard Ayli before - in this Uncharted Realms story - The Believers' Pilgrimage, delivered by our fav WotC writer Doug Beyer. Wrapping up this post, here is a rather witty / prophetic response from MaRo on Blagatog -

 

~