Strix Serenade
Strix Serenade: Instant, Modern Horizons 3. Counter target artifact, creature, or planeswalker spell. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {U}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)
- Released
- 2024-06-14
- Collector number
- 71
- Artist
- Filipe Pagliuso
- Commander rank
- 1,022 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Strix Serenade
Strix Serenade is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue instant from Modern Horizons 3 (MH3), a draft-focused set released in June 2024. It is collector number 71 in that set, with art by Filipe Pagliuso. It costs {U} (one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.50 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
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.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.50 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Strix Serenade 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 |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Strix Serenade
Strix Serenade has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Modern Horizons 3 Promos (PMH3) #71p | Rare | 2026 |
| Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #327 | Rare | 2024 |
| Modern Horizons 3 Promos (PMH3) #71s | Rare | 2024 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Strix Serenade.
- 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.)
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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These card lists include Strix Serenade.