Hungry Lynx
Hungry Lynx: Creature - Cat, Commander 2017. Cats you control have protection from Rats. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Cat
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Commander 2017 (C17)
- Released
- 2017-08-25
- Collector number
- 31
- Artist
- Shreya Shetty
- Commander rank
- 6,425 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Hungry Lynx
Hungry Lynx is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green creature from Commander 2017 (C17), a Commander product released in August 2017. It is collector number 31 in that set, with art by Shreya Shetty. It costs {1}{G} (one generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Treasure Chest (2016) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $4.97 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Cats you control have protection from Rats. (They can't be blocked, targeted, or dealt damage by Rats.)
At the beginning of your end step, target opponent creates a 1/1 black Rat creature token with deathtouch.
Whenever a Rat dies, put a +1/+1 counter on each Cat you control.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $4.97 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Hungry Lynx by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Hungry Lynx
Hungry Lynx has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #C17-31 | Rare | 2023 |
| Treasure Chest (PZ2) #65711 | Rare | 2017 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Hungry Lynx, newest first.
- If a permanent has protection from Rats, it means four things: 1) Damage from a source that’s a Rat that would be dealt to that permanent is prevented. 2) Auras and Equipment that are somehow Rats can’t be attached to that permanent. 3) Rats can’t block that permanent. 4) That permanent can’t be the target of abilities of Rats or spells that are somehow Rats.
- Nothing other than the specified events is prevented or illegal. Hungry Lynx can’t block a Rat with the ability “This creature can’t be blocked,” for example.
- The opponent who creates the Rat token is the owner of that token.
- Hungry Lynx’s last ability puts a +1/+1 counter on each Cat you control, including itself.
- If Hungry Lynx dies at the same time as a Rat, its ability triggers, but Hungry Lynx won't be on the battlefield as that ability resolves. It can’t be saved by the +1/+1 counter that would have been put on it. The same is true of any other Cats you control that die at the same time. Your remaining Cats will each get a +1/+1 counter.
- Tokens that are sacrificed or destroyed are put into their owner’s graveyard before ceasing to exist. If the token was a Rat, Hungry Lynx’s last ability will trigger.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Hungry Lynx is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.