---
name: "Strix Serenade"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "MH3"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 3"
collector_number: "327"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Nils Hamm"
oracle_id: "7ca3aa03-e62d-464a-9111-e754abe17f76"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/strix-serenade-mh3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Strix Serenade
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Counter target artifact, creature, or planeswalker spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Swan Song](/printing/swan-song-sld.md) — Instant
2. [Geist Snatch](/printing/geist-snatch-avr.md) — Instant
3. [Access Denied](/printing/access-denied-nec.md) — Instant
4. [Summoner's Bane](/printing/summoners-bane-ddm.md) — Instant
5. [Launch Mishap](/printing/launch-mishap-j22.md) — Instant
6. [Dazzling Denial](/printing/dazzling-denial-blb.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #327
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Nils Hamm
- **Total Printings:** 18 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`