| Name | Koya, Death from Above  |
|---|---|
| Type | Legendary creature — mutant ninja bird |
| Description | Flying
When Koya enters, exile up to one other target creature. At the beginning of the next end step, you may pay   . If you don't, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. |
| Flavor | "Hello, prey." |
| Artist | Irina Nordsol |
| Set | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #11 |
| Wallpaper |  download |
| Image |  download |
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Koya, Death from Above, Legendary creature — mutant ninja bird, designed by Irina Nordsol first released in Feb, 2026 in the set Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It see play in 1 formats: Commander.
Koya, Death from Above fits best in Orzhov (white/black) midrange or value-blink decks that can take advantage of temporary exile effects—either to remove blockers, reset opposing creatures (stripping counters/auras), or repeatedly trigger enter-the-battlefield abilities if you can blink or reanimate Koya; it also plays well in sacrifice-focused shells where you exile an opponent’s creature and pressure their mana by forcing the {3}{B} decision. However, at three mana plus a potential four-mana tax to permanently remove something, it’s relatively inefficient compared to staples like **Skyclave Apparition** (cleaner, permanent exile at lower cost), **Elite Spellbinder** (disruption plus evasion), or especially **Solitude** in higher-powered formats (free, unconditional creature exile). In Commander, it’s more defensible in blink/aristocrats builds (e.g., with Ephemerate or Teleportation Circle), but in competitive constructed formats it would likely be fringe at best due to stronger, mo
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