Card
Serra Avatar
Mana cost {4}{W}{W}{W}
Serra Avatar's power and toughness are each equal to your life total. When Serra Avatar is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner's library.
Part of 46 known combos, 12 of them two-card. 2 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Mythic · M13 · #32
- Cheapest printing
- €0.38
- EDHREC salt
- 0.69
- Color identity
- White
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Brion Stoutarm, Fling, Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs, Grab the Reins, Thud, Chandra's Ignition, Mayael's Aria, Catapult Fodder // Catapult Captain, Defiling Daemogoth, Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord, Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes, Xathrid Demon
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Brion Stoutarm, Fling, Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs, Grab the Reins, Thud, Chandra's Ignition, Mayael's Aria, Catapult Fodder // Catapult Captain, Defiling Daemogoth, Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord, Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes, Xathrid Demon
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partners: Brion Stoutarm, Fling, Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs, Grab the Reins, Thud, Chandra's Ignition, Mayael's Aria, Catapult Fodder // Catapult Captain, Defiling Daemogoth, Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord, Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes, Xathrid Demon
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Brion Stoutarm, Fling, Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs, Grab the Reins, Thud, Chandra's Ignition, Mayael's Aria, Catapult Fodder // Catapult Captain, Defiling Daemogoth, Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord, Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes, Xathrid Demon (early with Brion Stoutarm, Fling, Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs, Grab the Reins, Thud, Chandra's Ignition, Mayael's Aria, Catapult Fodder // Catapult Captain, Defiling Daemogoth, Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord, Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes, Xathrid Demon)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
46 known combos, 12 of them two-card.
- Brion Stoutarm + Serra Avatar
Produces: Near-infinite damage to one opponent, Near-infinite lifegain, Target opponent loses the game
View on Commander Spellbook - Serra Avatar + Swords to Plowshares + Sanguine Bond
Produces: Near-infinite lifegain, Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent, Target opponent loses the game
View on Commander Spellbook - Fling + Serra Avatar
Produces: Near-infinite damage to one opponent, Target opponent loses the game
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2022-12-08 · Wizards of the Coast
If Serra Avatar is no longer in your graveyard when its triggered ability resolves, you still shuffle your library. - 2022-12-08 · Wizards of the Coast
The ability that defines Serra Avatar’s power and toughness works in all zones, not only the battlefield.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast