Serra
Serra was a human female planeswalker, named after the Dominarian Goddess Serra, who created her own heavenly plane, Serra's Realm, formed primarily with white mana and populated by her famous Serra Angels as well as human worshippers.
Serra's Realm
Serra's personal realm came to an end when Urza Planeswalker appeared, wounded from an attack byPhyrexians. He spent years there recovering and left in peace, but the Phyrexians attacked shortly thereafter, having tracked Urza to her realm, killing many of Serra's subjects. Worse still, the black mana essence of the Phyrexians tainted Serra's Realm, so badly that Serra herself could no longer stand to stay there. She abandoned it woefully, taking those who would come with her and entrusting the archangel Radiant as its caretaker in her absence.
Homelands
She wandered the planes for some time afterward, eventually meeting and falling in love with another planeswalker named Feroz. They lived together on the plane of Ulgrotha for some time, protected from the rest of the multiverse by Feroz's Ban, and protecting the people of Ulgrotha from Baron Sengir and his vampires. That is, until Feroz himself was killed before her eyes. Serra, heartbroken, fled Ulgrotha to Sursi on Dominaria where she joined him in death soon after when she was surprised by a thief who was a disguised planeswalker. Though she could have healed herself easily, her will to live had been shattered and she wasted away. Her death inspired Brother Angus, the man that had saved her from the thief, to build the Cathedral of Serra around her tomb.
Scourge
More recently, J. Robert King's novel Scourge said that Serra and her realm had been returned to existence after the destruction of the Weatherlight released the captured plane, which had served as a power source for the skyship. Serra would later reappear after the goddess Karona ended up in her realm. She tells Karona and her companions that they could not stay there. After explaining their plight, the angelic figure only mused on the fact that Karona reminded her of another being named Urza, who had unintentionally caused great damage to the multiverse in his efforts to protect Dominaria against the Phyrexians. Serra's only advice was to remind Karona that she was Dominaria’s magic and Dominaria was her true home.
Though Serra's death is prerevisionist and Scourge is much more recent, the continuity of the novel is dubious in many respects, leaving Serra's status questionable.
In-Game References
Represented in the Cards:
Associated Cards:
- Cathedral of Serra
- Herald of Serra
- Radiant's Judgement
- Radiant's Dragoons
- Radiant, Archangel
- Reya Dawnbringer
- Selenia, Dark Angel
- Serra Advocate
- Serra Angel
- Serra Ascendant
- Serra Avatar
- Serra Aviary
- Serra Beastiary
- Serra Inquisitors
- Serra Paladin
- Serra Sphinx
- Serra Zealot
- Serra's Liturgy
- Serra's Sanctum