---
name: "Vanguard Seraph"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Angel Warrior"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Surveil"]
set: "FDN"
set_name: "Foundations"
collector_number: "28"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Zezhou Chen"
oracle_id: "3250466f-82a4-45e1-9722-ff247ddf8c15"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/vanguard-seraph-fdn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Vanguard Seraph
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Angel Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Flying, Surveil

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever you gain life for the first time each turn, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

> *Guida le spedizioni esplorative tra le pericolose rovine fluttuanti degli antichi imperi di Zendikar.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Starlit Soothsayer](/printing/starlit-soothsayer-blb.md) — Creature — Bat Cleric
2. [Inspiring Overseer](/printing/inspiring-overseer-snc.md) — Creature — Angel Cleric
3. [Watcher in the Mist](/printing/watcher-in-the-mist-grn.md) — Creature — Spirit
4. [Segovian Angel](/printing/segovian-angel-j21.md) — Creature — Angel
5. [MACH-1, Swooping Scoundrel](/printing/mach-1-swooping-scoundrel-msc.md) — Legendary Artifact Creature — Human Villain
6. [Warrior Angel](/printing/warrior-angel-sth.md) — Creature — Angel Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Foundations (FDN) #28
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Zezhou Chen
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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