Strix Serenade
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #71 · Rare · Instant
Mana cost: {U}
Counter target artifact, creature, or planeswalker spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Some birds sing to nature's beauty and the freedom of the skies. Others simply ask questions.
Illustrated by Filipe Pagliuso · Released June 14, 2024
Prices
- Nonfoil: $2.48 USD · €2.12 EUR
- Foil: $2.56 USD · €3.08 EUR
Nonfoil price over the last 90 days: up $0.49 USD (24.6%) to $2.48 USD; low $1.62 USD, high $3.17 USD.
Printings
- Modern Horizons 3 Promos #71p (PMH3) · Rare · 2026 · $1.88 USD
- Modern Horizons 3 #327 (MH3) · Rare · 2024 · $4.27 USD
- Modern Horizons 3 #71 (this printing) · Rare · 2024 · $2.48 USD
- Modern Horizons 3 Promos #71s (PMH3) · Rare · 2024 · $7.75 USD foil
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2024-06-07 · wotc — Strix Serenade can target a spell that can't be countered. That spell won't be countered when Strix Serenade resolves, but its controller will get a Bird token. (This won't come up often, but when it does, it'll be a hoot.)
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