Basandra, Battle Seraph
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Commander AnthologyCMA · #174
- Card type
- Legendary Creature — Angel
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 1.38 € · 3.72 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Power
- 4
- Toughness
- 4
- Colour
- White Red
Card text
Flying Players can't cast spells during combat. : Target creature attacks this turn if able.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Terese Nielsen
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2017-06-09
Flavour text
"Why listen to the mumblings of wizards when the lash speaks true?"
Rulings
If, during a player’s declare attackers step, a creature is tapped, is affected by a spell or ability that says it can’t attack, or hasn’t been under that player’s control continuously since the turn began (and doesn’t have haste), then it doesn’t attack. If there’s a cost associated with having a creature attack, the player isn’t forced to pay that cost, so it doesn’t have to attack in that case either.
Players may still activate abilities during combat.
While Basandra, Battle Seraph is on the battlefield, players can’t cast any spells during the combat phase, including permanent spells with flash.
