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Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
Legendary Creature — Spirit
Flying Creatures you control have "Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability for the first time each turn, counter that spell or ability."
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“Evasive flying tempo deck where your creatures counter the first spell targeting them each turn.”
Aggro
Intermediate
Combat damage
Tempo, Spellslinger, Blink
Strategy
Kira, Great Glass-Spinner turns your whole team into hexproof-adjacent creatures that actively punish opponents for targeting them. Your game plan is to build a flying-focused deck with cheap evasive creatures that force opponents into bad decisions—they either waste removal on your creatures only to have it countered, or leave your flyers alone and take damage. You're not trying to go wide with tokens; instead, you're playing a tempo deck where each creature is a mini-Kira effect, making your board incredibly hard to interact with.
Win through combat damage with an evasive flying army. Lean into creatures that either provide value when cast (enters-the-battlefield effects) or punish opponents for playing sorcery-speed removal. Cards like Sower of Temptation and Exclusion Mage synergize perfectly, letting you steal or bounce threats while your creatures sit protected. The deck is fast and answers-light—you're betting on your board sticking around and doing what blue flyers do best: slip through the air while your opponent struggles to remove anything.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey flyers like Snapcaster Mage and use budget alternatives like Watcher of the Spheres and Favorable Winds to pump your flying team; replace Counterspell with Archmage's Charm or Mystic Gate equivalents.
Most-Played Cards
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Inclusion = % of Kira, Great Glass-Spinner decks running this card. +lift = percentage-point boost over the format average.
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