Steel Seraph
~$1.54 low · ~$4.43 high
Colorless. Artifact Creature — Angel

The Brothers' War #38 · Illustrated by Denys Tsiperko
What is Steel Seraph worth?
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TCGplayer market prices in USD, updated October 14, 2026. Each price is for one printing and one finish.
Oracle text
Prototype — 3/3 (You may cast this spell with different mana cost, color, and size. It keeps its abilities and types.)
Flying
At the beginning of combat on your turn, target creature you control gains your choice of flying, vigilance, or lifelink until end of turn.
5/4
Format legality
All 4 printings of Steel Seraph
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Brothers' War bro #38· 2022rare· Cardmarket €1.30 · €1.87 foil | rare | $1.91 | $1.98 | €1.30€1.87 foil | |
The Brothers' War bro #311· 2022Extended Artrare· Cardmarket €2.73 · €4.82 foil | rare | $3.13 | $4.43 | €2.73€4.82 foil | |
The Brothers' War Promos pbro #38p· 2022Promorare· Cardmarket €1.53 · €1.60 foil | rare | $1.54 | $2.28 | €1.53€1.60 foil | |
The Brothers' War Promos pbro #38s· 2022Promorare· Cardmarket €2.45 foil | rare | No non-foil printing | $3.18 | €2.45 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2022
- Printings
- 4
- Mana value
- 6
- EDHREC rank
- #5,734 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Prototype, Flying, Vigilance
- Artist
- Denys Tsiperko
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the The Brothers' War card (#38).
038 · BRO · R · EN
- 038Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- BROSet code for The Brothers' War
- RRare
- ENPrinted in English
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Steel Seraph, read from the The Brothers' War printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Steel Seraph. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
Mana value 6: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Artifact and Creature are the card types. Angel is the subtype, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does. Italic text in brackets is reminder text: it explains a rule and has no effect on the game.
- Power / toughness
- 5/4: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.
- Illustration
- By Denys Tsiperko. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- The Brothers' War. Gold means rare.
- Collector number
- 038 = collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- Rarity letter
- R = rare
- Set code
- BRO = set code for The Brothers' War
- Language
- EN = printed in English
- Artist
- Denys Tsiperko, after the paintbrush.
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
- Holo stamp
- The foil security stamp at the bottom center, on rares and mythic rares since 2014.
Keywords
- PrototypeCR 702.160
- Defined in the Comprehensive Rules at the rule above.
- FlyingCR 702.9
- It can be blocked only by creatures with flying or reach.
- VigilanceCR 702.20
- Attacking doesn't cause it to tap.
Rule numbers from the Magic Comprehensive Rules, version of September 25, 2026.
Rulings (8)
2022-10-14
The prototype ability functions in any zone that the spell could be cast from. For example, if an effect allows you to cast artifact spells from your graveyard, you could cast a prototyped Blitz Automaton from your graveyard.
2022-10-14
If an effect copies a prototyped spell, that copy (as well as the token it becomes on the battlefield) will have the same characteristics as the prototyped spell. Similarly, if an effect creates a token that's a copy of a prototyped permanent or causes another permanent to become a copy of it, the copy would have the same characteristics as the prototyped permanent.
2022-10-14
When cast as a prototyped spell, that spell has the mana cost, power, and toughness characteristics shown in its colored, secondary text box rather than the normal values of those characteristics. Its color and mana value are determined by that mana cost. The permanent that spell becomes as it resolves has the same characteristics. If the spell leaves the stack in any other way, or the permanent it becomes leaves the battlefield, it immediately resumes using its normal characteristics.
2022-10-14
You choose the target creature as you put Steel Seraph's triggered ability on the stack. You choose which ability that creature gains as the ability resolves.
2022-10-14
Casting a prototyped spell isn't the same as casting it for an alternative cost, and an alternative cost may be applied to a spell cast this way. For example, if an effect allows you to cast an artifact card without paying its mana cost, you could either cast Blitz Automaton normally, or as a prototyped spell.
2022-10-14
When casting a prototyped spell, use only its prototype characteristics to determine whether it's legal to cast it. For example, if Blitz Automaton is exiled with the last ability of Chandra, Dressed to Kill, you would be able to cast it for
(because it's a red spell), even though you wouldn't be able to cast it as a colorless spell for its normal cost.
2022-10-14
Regardless of how it was cast, a prototype card always has the same name, abilities, types, and so on. Only the mana cost, mana value, color, power, and toughness change depending on whether the card was cast as a prototyped spell.
2022-10-14
A prototype card is a colorless card in every zone except the stack or the battlefield, as well as while on the stack or the battlefield if not cast as a prototyped spell. Ignore its alternative characteristics in those cases. For example, while it's in your graveyard, Blitz Automaton is a colorless creature card with mana value 7. It can't be the target of Recommission, a spell that targets an artifact or creature card with mana value 3 or less in your graveyard.
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