If you mean leonins from the Theros campaign setting, it's because they're lion-like cat folk from a series of settings where both leonins and lions exist. Leonin in MtG basically means 'lion-folk'
It's less that 'leonins look like lions' and more 'lion-folk are called leonin'
why do lionins look like lions?
do you think they should look like lions?
Lionins are meant to look like lions. As tabaxis look like cats. And Kenkus, Birds.
If you mean leonins from the Theros campaign setting, it's because they're lion-like cat folk from a series of settings where both leonins and lions exist. Leonin in MtG basically means 'lion-folk'
It's less that 'leonins look like lions' and more 'lion-folk are called leonin'
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Why should they be called leonins when they do not look like lions? Leo means lion, literally.
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