Strix Serenade
Modern Horizons 3 Promos (PMH3) #71p · 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 April 24, 2026
Prices
- Nonfoil: $1.88 USD · €1.78 EUR
- Foil: $2.45 USD · €2.95 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.05 USD (2.6%) to $1.88 USD; low $1.88 USD, high $1.93 USD.
Printings
- Modern Horizons 3 Promos #71p (this printing) · Rare · 2026 · $1.88 USD
- Modern Horizons 3 #327 (MH3) · Rare · 2024 · $4.27 USD
- Modern Horizons 3 #71 (MH3) · 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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