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."
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Price
- $7.95
- EDHREC rank
- #5371
Kira, Great Glass-Spinner blankets your entire board with a repeating ward effect — every creature you control forces the opponent to spend two spells just to resolve one targeted interaction. At three mana with flying, the cost is negligible for the protection density it provides, and decks like Millicent, Restless Revenant that invest heavily in individual creatures feel this impact immediately.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Millicent, Restless Revenant
Millicent, Restless Revenant builds toward a board of individually valuable Spirits and Soldiers, making Kira, Great Glass-Spinner a natural fit — opponents need to double-spell just to remove a single token payoff or key threat.
Braids, Conjurer Adept
Braids, Conjurer Adept cheats expensive creatures into play for everyone, so protecting your own investment against the removal those creatures invite is exactly the job Kira, Great Glass-Spinner was made for.
Errant and Giada
Errant and Giada leans on high-value flyers that need to survive long enough to swing repeatedly, and Kira, Great Glass-Spinner turns every one of those creatures into a two-spell problem for removal-heavy opponents.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Kira, Great Glass-Spinner earns its keep — a three-player threat environment means more targeted removal flying around, and blanket ward effects that scale across your whole board are rarer and more impactful than single-target hexproof. In Legacy and Vintage, the card is legal but rarely played competitively; those formats move too fast for a three-mana protective creature that doesn't generate immediate card advantage. Modern is the one constructed format where it's seen occasional fringe play in creature-heavy blue shells, though cheaper and more redundant protection options generally crowd it out. Oathbreaker gives it a similar niche to Commander — a multiplayer context where protecting your key permanents against a table's worth of interaction matters.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Swiftfoot Boots and Lightning Greaves cover the single-creature protection angle for under $3 combined, though they require equip mana and only protect one creature at a time — Kira, Great Glass-Spinner's board-wide ward is what you're actually paying for, and no single card fully replicates it. If the budget is the constraint, Curator's Ward or Consecrate // Consume offer targeted spell protection at low cost, but you're trading a passive engine for reactive one-shots.
Price Context
Current price
$7.95 mid tier
At $7.95, Kira, Great Glass-Spinner sits in the mid tier — affordable enough to include without a dedicated budget slot, but meaningful enough that you're making a real purchasing decision. It's a Reserved List card, so supply is fixed and the price has proven stable; this isn't a card that reprints its way to bulk.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Millicent, Restless Revenant
- Braids, Conjurer Adept
- Errant and Giada
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.