Editing Cat (section)

=Magic the Gathering =
The cat is one of the oldest creature types in the game. It first debuted in [[First Magic Sets|Limited Edition]] (Savannah Lions), though the first one to be printed with the type on it was in [[Legends]]. While most creatures with the Cat type are anthropomorphic of some kind, be it [[Catfolk]], [[Rakshasa]] or [[Ajani Goldmane]], [https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Cat#Other_cats there's plenty of actual predators represented]. "Normal" cats tend to be green, since it is (naturally) the color of wild beasts. Some cats are white, since they're a symbol of many white values like the group and knightly virtue. Oketra of [[Amonkhet]] is a psuedo-Eygptian deity that considers cats sacred. Cat tribal is quite rare.

Whitemane Lion is a notable cat card that has been printed several times. It has an effect that requires you to return a creature to your hand when you summon it. This effect seems like a drawback, but is actually key to powered many decks that abuse it to repeatedly trigger enter the battlefield effects. One of these combos is with, fittingly enough, Oketra's Monument. These two allow you to spawn as many 1/1 tokens as you have white mana for.

Not to be outdone by the other [[Wizards of the Coast]] game, ''Magic'' also contains a lethal house cat. [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=262864 Sanctuary Cat] debuted in [[Innistrad]]. It normally wouldn't be a notable card; it's a 1/2 white one drop and a functional reprint of [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=21057 one of the oldest cards in the game] with a generally worse type, and a few strictly better cards have been printed. This card became notable because the art depicts what seems to be a normal cat, and since 1/1 has always been the normal power and toughness for one-mana creatures, this cat can kill a surprising number of things and live. Most of these creatures are still trained and armed/armored soldiers.