Leonin Abunas
Creature — Cat Cleric
Artifacts you control have hexproof. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mirrodin
- Price
- $1.20
- EDHREC rank
- #8190
Leonin Abunas hands your artifacts hexproof for four mana — a blanket protection effect that forces opponents to answer the cat before they can answer your equipment. In Balan, Wandering Knight and similar equipment-heavy builds, that tax on interaction is often the difference between a lethal swing and a blown-out turn.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Balan, Wandering Knight
Balan, Wandering Knight sinks multiple pieces of equipment onto a single creature and swings for lethal — Leonin Abunas makes every piece of that infrastructure untouchable until the cat itself dies, effectively buying Balan a free attack.
Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist
Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist runs equipment to make herself a must-block threat, and Leonin Abunas protects those equipment investments from the targeted removal and bounce that would otherwise dismantle the lock piece by piece.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Leonin Abunas earns its slot — artifact-heavy white builds are common and targeted removal is everywhere, so blanket hexproof on your artifacts is a real deterrent. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; faster, more powerful protection effects exist and nobody is building around a four-mana 2/5. Oathbreaker could theoretically use it in an equipment shell, but the smaller game size limits how much the protection pays off. Stick to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.20 cheap tier
At $1.20, Leonin Abunas is cheap for what it does — a unique effect at this price point is easy to justify in any equipment build. The price is stable; this isn't a card that spikes, but it also isn't going to zero while Balan, Wandering Knight decks remain popular.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Balan, Wandering Knight
- Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.