Serra Ascendant
Serra Ascendant: Creature - Human Monk, Iconic Masters. Lifelink. As long as you have 30 or more life, this creature gets +5/+5 and has flying. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {W}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Creature - Human Monk
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Power / toughness
- 1/1
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Iconic Masters (IMA)
- Released
- 2017-11-17
- Collector number
- 31
- Artist
- Howard Lyon
- Commander rank
- 1,018 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Lifelink
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About Serra Ascendant
Serra Ascendant is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white creature from Iconic Masters (IMA), a Masters set released in November 2017. It is collector number 31 in that set, with art by Howard Lyon. It costs {W} (one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Magic 2011 (2010) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $30.95 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
As long as you have 30 or more life, this creature gets +5/+5 and has flying.
Faith in Serra is its own reward.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $30.95 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Serra Ascendant by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Serra Ascendant
Serra Ascendant has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #7145 | Rare | 2026 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2291 | Rare | 2025 |
| The List (PLST) #M11-28 | Rare | 2023 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1125 | Rare | 2022 |
| Historic Anthology 1 (HA1) #1 | Rare | 2019 |
| Magic 2011 (M11) #28 | Rare | 2010 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Serra Ascendant, newest first.
- If Serra Ascendant is dealt damage at the same time that you gain life (most likely because it dealt combat damage to a creature blocking or blocked by it), and your life total becomes 30 or greater, apply its last effect before considering whether or not the damage dealt to it is lethal.
- In a Two-Headed Giant game, anything that cares about your life total checks your team’s life total. Serra Ascendant gets +5/+5 and has flying as long as your team has 30 or more life.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Serra Ascendant is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.