---
name: "Serra the Benevolent"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Planeswalker — Serra"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "MH1"
set_name: "Modern Horizons"
collector_number: "26"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Magali Villeneuve"
oracle_id: "8b0e2382-dd91-42e6-aba3-5e8a15418a49"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/serra-the-benevolent-mh1"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Serra the Benevolent
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Planeswalker — Serra
- **Starting Loyalty:** 4

## Oracle 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."

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Serra Redeemer](/printing/serra-redeemer-prm.md) — Creature — Angel Soldier
2. [Serra Angel](/printing/serra-angel-o90p.md) — Creature — Angel
3. [Serra's Guardian](/printing/serras-guardian-m19.md) — Creature — Angel
4. [Serra's Emissary](/printing/serras-emissary-pmh2.md) — Creature — Angel
5. [Serra Ascendant](/printing/serra-ascendant-ima.md) — Creature — Human Monk
6. [On Serra's Wings](/printing/on-serras-wings-dom.md) — Legendary Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons (MH1) #26
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Magali Villeneuve
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`