If you choose to exile a creature with double strike when Gossip's Talent's level 3 class ability resolves, it won't be an attacking creature anymore when it returns to the battlefield, and it won't deal combat damage during the regular combat damage step
You can play more than one color, and itll reduce multicolor spells by that much mana
27,500 (tax included)
*Deck lists are continuously refined as new sets release and the format evolves, ensuring you always receive an optimized and up-to-date build
This card can also be used politically as the card draw and ramp effects are target player, meaning you could be able to talk an opponent out of removing your Commander or maybe use it to help convince another player that your mutual opponent is the real threat
Transforming the Spellspear into Gitaxian Spellstalker for 3 generic mana (why would you ever pay a blue instead of 2 life?) makes it a bigger, better, harder to remove creature with not one but two instances of prowess