Card
Koya, Death from Above
Mana cost {2}{W}
Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Bird 2/1
Flying When Koya enters, exile up to one other target creature. At the beginning of the next end step, you may pay {3}{B}. If you don't, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. 3 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Uncommon · TMT · #11
- Cheapest printing
- €0.06
- EDHREC salt
- —
- Color identity
- Black, White
- Keywords
- Flying
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
No known combos for this card.
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2026-01-27 · Wizards of the Coast
If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won't return to the battlefield. - 2026-01-27 · Wizards of the Coast
Auras attached to the exiled creature will be put into their owners' graveyards. Any Equipment will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled creature will cease to exist. If the card returns to the battlefield, it will be a new object with no connection to the card that was exiled. - 2026-01-27 · Wizards of the Coast
If Koya leaves the battlefield before the delayed triggered ability goes on the stack at the beginning of the next end step, the delayed triggered ability will still resolve as normal. You'll still get the chance to pay {3}{B}, and if you don't, the exiled card will still return under its owner's control.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast