Serra's Guardian
Creature — Angel
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)
Other creatures you control have vigilance.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Jumpstart Arena Exclusives
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #8770
Serra's Guardian hands every creature you control vigilance for six mana — a board-wide effect that lets you swing without leaving yourself exposed. The cost is steep, but in Sephara, Sky's Blade decks it often costs as little as one white mana via the alternative cost, making it a near-free anthem.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sephara, Sky's Blade
Sephara, Sky's Blade decks run Serra's Guardian because it frequently hits the battlefield for a single white mana via Sephara's tap-four-fliers alternative cost, and then immediately locks down your attack step — you swing your flying army into opponents while every creature stays untapped to satisfy Sephara's own cost next turn.
Giada, Font of Hope
Giada, Font of Hope builds go wide on Angels, and Serra's Guardian plugs a gap that angel tribal otherwise ignores: vigilance on the whole team means Giada's counters keep piling up on attackers without leaving your board naked to counterattacks.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Serra's Guardian is a Commander card, full stop. Six mana is simply too slow for Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where games often end before you untap with it, and vigilance on a creature-light board does nothing. In Commander, the math flips — you're regularly attacking with five or more creatures, the vigilance grant replaces multiple equipment slots, and in Sephara, Sky's Blade shells the alternative cost makes Serra's Guardian one of the highest-rate pieces in the deck. Oathbreaker is legal but faces the same speed problem as the 60-card formats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data isn't available at the moment, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current listings. Serra's Guardian has seen multiple printings, which historically keeps copies accessible in the bulk-to-low-dollar range — worth grabbing a copy if you're building any vigilance-matters or Angel tribal Commander deck.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.