Pouncing Lynx
Creature — Cat
During your turn, this creature has first strike.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #24112
Pouncing Lynx is a one-mana 1/2 with landfall that temporarily boosts its power — functional, but nothing you'd build around. The ceiling is too low and the effect too fleeting to justify a slot in any competitive list.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Pouncing Lynx is legal in Commander, Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but that breadth doesn't translate to relevance. In Pauper, where one-drops need to pull real weight, it lacks the sustained pressure of better landfall commons. In Modern and Pioneer, the power bar is simply too high for a temporary pump on a 1/2 body. Commander is where it's most forgettable — 100-card decks have no room for a creature that needs repeated land drops just to trade with a 2/2.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Pouncing Lynx sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price is correct. There's no competitive demand to push it higher, so expect it to stay at the bottom of the bulk bin indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.