To activate a cohort ability, the Ally with that ability must have been under your control continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn. Informally, it can’t have “summoning sickness.” However, the other Ally you tap can be one that just came under your control. (Note that tapping the second Ally doesn’t use {T} [the tap symbol].)
Discarding a card is part of the ability’s effect and isn’t optional. As the cohort ability resolves, if you have a card in your hand, you must discard one, even if the card you may have wanted to discard as you activated the ability is no longer in your hand.
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This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from OGW — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #101 of *Oath of the Gatewatch*, the set that shipped alongside the January 2016 Oath of the Gatewatch release.
Card type: Creature — Human Shaman Ally, color identity red, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {2}{R} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Cohort.
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #25,944 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Willian Murai. Rarix catalogs 244 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Willian Murai
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