---
name: "Ingenious Leonin"
mana_cost: "{4}{W}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Cat Soldier"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "J22"
set_name: "Jumpstart 2022"
collector_number: "5"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Eric Deschamps"
oracle_id: "99853d2e-2223-4c05-bbd7-0a746f8f810d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ingenious-leonin-j22"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ingenious Leonin
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{W}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Cat Soldier
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4

## Oracle Text
{3}{W}: Put a +1/+1 counter on another target attacking creature you control. If that creature is a Cat, it gains first strike until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

> *Les griffes du léonin étaient déjà des armes mortelles d'évolution naturelle avant qu'il ne les améliore.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Leonin Vanguard](/printing/leonin-vanguard-fdn.md) — Creature — Cat Soldier
2. [Leonin Armorguard](/printing/leonin-armorguard-arb.md) — Creature — Cat Soldier
3. [Leonin Warleader](/printing/leonin-warleader-pm19.md) — Creature — Cat Soldier
4. [Leonin Battlemage](/printing/leonin-battlemage-dst.md) — Creature — Cat Wizard
5. [Jazal Goldmane](/printing/jazal-goldmane-c17.md) — Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior
6. [Pouncing Lynx](/printing/pouncing-lynx-j22.md) — Creature — Cat

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart 2022 (J22) #5
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Eric Deschamps
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`