---
name: "Raksha Golden Cub"
mana_cost: "{5}{W}{W}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Cat Soldier"
colors: []
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Vigilance"]
set: "C17"
set_name: "Commander 2017"
collector_number: "69"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "a3c672b8-9c7d-47cc-877b-580904c6d72b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/raksha-golden-cub-c17"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Raksha Golden Cub
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{W}{W}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Cat Soldier
- **Keywords:** Vigilance

## Oracle Text
Vigilance
As long as Raksha Golden Cub is equipped, Cat creatures you control get +2/+2 and have double strike.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Kemba's Legion](/printing/kembas-legion-mbs.md) — Creature — Cat Soldier
2. [Leonin Den-Guard](/printing/leonin-den-guard-mrd.md) — Creature — Cat Soldier
3. [Prideful Parent](/printing/prideful-parent-fdn.md) — Creature — Cat
4. [Guardian Lions](/printing/guardian-lions-m13.md) — Creature — Cat
5. [Nacatl Hunt-Pride](/printing/nacatl-hunt-pride-ddh.md) — Creature — Cat Warrior
6. [Jhovall Queen](/printing/jhovall-queen-mmq.md) — Creature — Cat Rebel

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2017 (C17) #69
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Pete Venters

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2004-12-01)* Raksha Golden Cub is a Cat, so it also gets +2/+2 and double strike if it’s equipped.