Serra the Benevolent (PF25 #1) MTG

Serra the Benevolent is a mythic printing from MagicFest 2025 (PF25 #1), a Legendary Planeswalker — Serra. Illustrated by Matthew D. Wilson.

Card text

+2: Creatures you control with flying get +1/+1 until end of turn.

−3: Create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying and vigilance.

−6: You get an emblem with "If you control a creature, damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead."

Mana cost	{2}{W}{W}
Type	Legendary Planeswalker — Serra
Loyalty	4
Rarity	Mythic
Set	MagicFest 2025 (PF25)
Collector number	1
Artist	Matthew D. Wilson
Released	2025-02-03

As of 2026-10-19, Scryfall listed this printing at foil $3.17 (USD). Prices change constantly, so check the live price before buying.

June 14, 2019 — Serra's first ability affects only creatures you control with flying at the time it resolves. Creatures you begin to control later in the turn or that gain flying later in the turn won't get +1/+1.
June 14, 2019 — Serra's emblem doesn't prevent damage. It only changes the result of damage dealt to you. For example, a creature with lifelink that deals damage to you will still cause its controller to gain life, even if that damage would reduce your life total to less than 1.
June 14, 2019 — Serra's emblem doesn't stop loss of life from effects that say that you lose life.
June 14, 2019 — If you have less than 1 life and somehow haven't lost the game, damage dealt to you reduces your life total further below 0 (as normal).
June 14, 2019 — In a Two-Headed Giant game, damage dealt to you and/or your teammate that would reduce your team's life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead, as long as you control a creature. It doesn't matter whether your teammate controls a creature, even if they're the player being dealt damage
June 14, 2019 — In the Commander variant, combat damage you're dealt by a commander is still tracked, even if it doesn't change your life total.

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