serra mtg cards Serra's Guardian damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead. The Gathering - Commander Legends

Since it is a cast trigger you don't have to worry about your spell being countered, you get to draw that card either way

It is still a bigger risk than an on curve Courser as removal that hits 2 toughness can be a whole lot cheaper and lower quality than those that will take out the four of Courser

All this avalanche starts at mere four mana and ends with a significant boost to your side of the table

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Sigarda, Host of Herons Forcing you to sacrifice your Hexproof creature is one of the main forms of defence your opponents have

All said and done it is still a situational card and often a very poor rip off the top meaning you can't just throw this into a deck without thought and not have it cost you sometimes