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Kira Nerys, Firebrand
Legendary Creature — Bajoran Soldier
Trample If a creature you control would enter while you control an attacking creature, instead it enters tapped and attacking. Whenever another creature you control enters, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
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“Combat-triggered creature swarm engine with ETB lords.”
Aggro
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Tokens, Sacrifice
Strategy
Kira Nerys, Firebrand is a creature-entry engine that rewards you for attacking and bringing new creatures into combat. Her core gameplan revolves around creating a growing wave of attackers: whenever a creature enters while you're attacking, it enters tapped and swinging immediately, and every entering creature gets a temporary +1/+1 boost. This turns token generators, creature tutors, and blink effects into offensive threats that come down ready to deal damage.
The deck wins by attacking with a critical mass of creatures, often leveraging tokens and ETB creatures to go wide and turn Kira's power boost into lethal damage. You'll want cards that generate or recur creatures cheaply—think token makers, sacrifice outlets that create creatures, and effects that flicker or bounce your team. Cards with haste are especially potent since they can attack immediately even without Kira's ability, and you can chain enter-the-battlefield triggers to create an avalanche of incremental value. With enough creatures entering per turn, you'll quickly overwhelm opponents.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Replace pricey fetch lands and planeswalkers with basic Mountains/Plains and ramp spells like Cultivate; use budget token makers like Young Pyromancer or Forbidden Friendship instead of Doubling Season.
Signature Cards
Inclusion = % of Kira Nerys, Firebrand decks running this card. +lift = percentage-point boost over the format average.
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