Serene Steward

Creature — Human Cleric Ally

Whenever you gain life, you may pay {W}. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

Ultarian on Tripwire

4 months ago

As burferking mentioned, Pristine Talisman would be a great include. Especially with all those 5 mana cards.

I'm a fan of Serene Steward as a way of using all that life gain. Also, Restless Bloodseeker  ^Flip is a cool way of drawing through your deck, as well as being a decent threat when it flips.

Los333 on General Tazri’s Allies

6 months ago

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nuperokaso on Esper Allies

10 months ago

• Don't play Counterspell. You tap out most of your turns, and the double blue is not going to work with your mana base.
• Don't play blue at all. Halimar Excavator in this build is weak, as you have only 2 March from the Tomb as a payoff. And that is also not the best. Void Rend can be replaced by a lot of other removals.
• You should avoid 5 mana cards. With only 20 lands in your deck, you won't be able to play them.
• Play 4 Hada Freeblade. It's the best turn 1 play you have.
• An aggro deck needs some other 1 mana plays as well. I would suggest maybe some 2 Expedition Envoy, 2 Changeling Outcast and 1 Cliffside Lookout. That would bring the number of 1 mana creatures in your deck to 9, which is about right if you want to have one in your opening hand.
• Retreat to Emeria and Kor Entanglers are garbage. Don't play any of them.
• Don't play more than 1 Lantern Scout. Second copy does pretty much nothing. Talus Paladin is better and you should play 2-3.
• In the end, you have to decide whether you want to go all-in on life-gain/drain, or all-in on attacking and +1/+1 counters. Now you are split and then you do neither efficiently.
• The path with attacking is probably better. In that case, you want to play 4 Kazandu Blademaster, 4 Bojuka Brigand, 4 Kabira Evangel, a few Rally the Ranks and remove Cliffhaven Vampire, Ondu Cleric.
• If you go with life-gain, add 4 Serene Steward

Saccox on Three Life Blink Pezzent! (10/12 Euro/$)

4 years ago

Ciao Arthurshepard80,grazie mille!!! Conclave Mentor è forte ma credo che non sia proprio adattissima a questo mazzo che si concentra di piu sul rimbalzare le creature,infatti forse piu avanti la sposto in maybeboard per far spazio a piu rimozioni. Servirebbe un mazzo piu incentrato sui segnalini +1+1,con effetti alla Ajani's Mantra sfruttati da Serene Steward .In un hydra che hanno tutte segnalini andrebbe benissimo! Potenzialmente con le idre si potrebbe fare anche un verde/nero perchè esiste una copia che fa un lavoro simile: Winding Constrictor .

Omniscience_is_life on Bounce and Ye Shall… Bounce?

4 years ago

Hey! I'm back with some more food for thought:

I still would rather see some lower CMC (please don't @ me, I know it's MV now) ramp in place of the Relic or Sphere . Might I suggest Coldsteel Heart or Star Compass ?

I also feel like some more lifegain payoffs could be nice. You only need a few (payoffs suck without their respective enablers, ofc), but Well of Lost Dreams , Cradle of Vitality , or Serene Steward could be fun.

I love the direction the deck is going, keep it up ;)

Darsul on Mono white lifegain

4 years ago

Archangel of Thune , Serene Steward and Dawn of Hope to name a few.

Cards like Brave the Elements , Knight of the White Orchid and Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx seem like auto includes to mono white.

Werk0rt on Lifegain Selesnya Counters

4 years ago

Saccox Thanks for another great card. I could take out Mikaeus, the Lunarch and put in Serene Steward instead since they both fill the same purpose, to put counters on Spike Feeder . Thanks

Lanzo493 You are right. By the time I would get any value out of them I should already win anyway. Thanks for the help.

Saccox on Lifegain Selesnya Counters

4 years ago

Werk0rt have another interesting budget card for your deck: Serene Steward .