Gishath, Sun's Avatar (LCI)

Gishath, Sun's Avatar
Casting Cost: {5}{R}{G}{W}
Card Type: Legendary Creature - Dinosaur Avatar
Power/Toughness: 7/6
Card Text: Vigilance, trample, haste
Whenever Gishath, Sun's Avatar deals combat damage to a player, reveal that many cards from the top of your library. Put any number of Dinosaur creature cards from among them onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Artist: Zack Stella

Card Characteristics:

• Casting Cost: Requires five colorless mana, one red mana, one green mana, and one white mana to cast.
• Card Type: Legendary Creature - Dinosaur Avatar.
• Power/Toughness: 7/6.

Keyword Abilities:

• Vigilance: Allows Gishath to attack without tapping and still be available for blocking.
• Trample: Enables excess damage to be assigned to the defending player or planeswalker if Gishath has more power than is needed to assign lethal damage to each blocker.
• Haste: Allows Gishath to attack and tap the turn it enters the battlefield.

Card Ability:

• Dinosaur Stampede: Whenever Gishath, Sun's Avatar successfully deals combat damage to a player, it triggers a library reveal. You then have the option to put any number of Dinosaur creature cards from the revealed cards onto the battlefield, shuffling the rest back into your library.

Deck Utility:

• Dinosaur Tribal Decks: Gishath is a powerful commander or inclusion in decks that focus on Dinosaur tribal synergies.
• Aggro Strategies: The combination of vigilance, trample, and haste makes Gishath effective in aggressive strategies.

Overall Impression:

• Gishath, Sun's Avatar is a potent card for Dinosaur-themed decks, combining sizeable stats with a powerful card advantage ability. The vigilance ensures it can defend while attacking, and the trample and haste make it a formidable threat on the battlefield. The randomness of the library reveal adds an exciting element to the card's impact on the game.