Protection prevents damage, so protection will be unable to prevent damage while Sunspine Lynx is on the battlefield. However, this won’t allow spells or abilities to target permanents they wouldn’t ordinarily be able to target because of protection, even if that spell or ability would deal damage to those permanents.
Spells and abilities that cause players to gain life still resolve while Sunspine Lynx is on the battlefield. No player will gain life, but any other effects of that spell or ability will happen.
Sunspine Lynx only stops damage from being prevented by effects that specifically use the word “prevent.”
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This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from BLB — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #155 of *Bloomburrow*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2024 Bloomburrow release.
Card type: Creature — Elemental Cat, color identity red, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{R}{R} (4 converted).
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #2,830 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Martin Wittfooth. Rarix catalogs 14 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Martin Wittfooth
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If an effect says to set a player’s life total to a number that’s higher than the player’s current life total while Sunspine Lynx is on the battlefield, the player’s life total doesn’t change.
