Serra the Benevolent
Legendary Planeswalker — Serra$3.47
+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."
Legal in Commander
Is
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Makes tokens
Combos 2
Serra the Benevolent + Arcbond + Volcano Hellion
- Infinite damage
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You have Serra the Benevolent's emblem.An additional creature on the battlefield under any player's control.
Steps
Cast Volcano Hellion by paying {2}{R}{R}. Volcano Hellion enters the battlefield, triggering itself, targeting any other creature. In response, cast Arcbond by paying {2}{R}, targeting the same creature and creating a delayed triggered ability. Resolve Volcano Hellion's trigger, dealing an arbitrarily large amount of damage to the targeted creature and to you, reducing your life total to 1 due to Serra the Benevolent's emblem. Arcbond's delayed triggered ability triggers, dealing an equal amount of damage to all other creatures and all players, which again does not reduce your life total below 1.
Serra the Benevolent + Coalhauler Swine + Volcano Hellion
- Infinite damage
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You have Serra the Benevolent's emblem.An additional creature on the battlefield under any player's control.
Steps
Cast Volcano Hellion by paying {2}{R}{R}. Volcano Hellion enters the battlefield, triggering itself, dealing an arbitrarily large amount of damage to Coalhauler Swine and to you, which does not reduce your life total below 1 due to Serra the Benevolent's emblem. Coalhauler Swine triggers, dealing an equal amount of damage to each player, which again does not reduce your life total below 1.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook. Only combos of 2 or 3 named cards are listed.
Best commanders
Commanders whose abilities work with this card and share its colors, from what the cards do.
- Ghave, Guru of SporesSerra the Benevolent makes creature tokens and Ghave, Guru of Spores sacrifices your creatures.
- Mondrak, Glory DominusSerra the Benevolent makes creature tokens and Mondrak, Glory Dominus doubles tokens.
- Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of CivilizationSerra the Benevolent makes creature tokens and Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization doubles tokens.
- Bard, King of DaleSerra the Benevolent makes creature tokens and Bard, King of Dale doubles tokens.
- Bartolomé del PresidioSerra the Benevolent makes creature tokens and Bartolomé del Presidio sacrifices your creatures.
- Ayli, Eternal PilgrimSerra the Benevolent makes creature tokens and Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim sacrifices your creatures.
- Denethor, Ruling StewardSerra the Benevolent makes creature tokens and Denethor, Ruling Steward sacrifices your creatures.
- Shilgengar, Sire of FamineSerra the Benevolent makes creature tokens and Shilgengar, Sire of Famine sacrifices your creatures.
- Zahur, Glory's PastSerra the Benevolent makes creature tokens and Zahur, Glory's Past sacrifices your creatures.
- Vish Kal, Blood ArbiterSerra the Benevolent makes creature tokens and Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter sacrifices your creatures.