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More Interaction (discard and bounce), Fewer Lands as the game likely will go long

cards as Active at the end of your turn but thats a pretty useful ability

Creatures with defender generally have low power and high toughness

The Lynx fights the traditional way of combatting aggressive Red decks, keeping your opponent from using life gain to get out of burn range, it prevents damage reduction strategies, and it even comes down to take a chomp at their life total as well

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For one, most cards that let you swap life totals are incredibly expensive, with the two previously mentioned best versions of the effect costing seven and nine mana