Kastral, the Windcrested

Gameplan

Build a wide, evasive Bird army and connect for combat damage to trigger Kastral's menu each turn—cheating in big Birds, pumping the whole flock, or refilling your hand. You win through repeated flying beatdowns that snowball as your board grows and your card advantage compounds.

Key Cards

• Kangee, Sky Warden — A second Bird payoff that pumps and cheats Birds, reinforcing the same flying-counter gameplan.
• Soraya the Falconer — Anthem for Birds that turns your evasive flock into a real clock.
• Watcher of the Spheres — Bird payoff that draws cards off your flyers and discounts your flying spells.
• Esper Sentinel — Top-tier white Bird that taxes opponents and floods your hand to feed Kastral's draw mode.
• Skullclamp — Turns small Birds and tokens into a relentless card-draw engine.
• Swords to Plowshares — Cheap interaction to clear blockers or remove threats so your flyers connect.

Upgrade Path

Add efficient anthems and counter doublers (Cathars' Crusade, Felidar Retreat tokens) plus more cheap Birds to lower the curve and go wider faster. Improve protection for Kastral with Swiftfoot Boots, Heroic Intervention, and counterspells, and tune the mana with fast rocks like Arcane Signet and Smothering Tithe. To push power higher, lean into a token-aristocrats or Skullclamp-fueled card-advantage engine so a wrath doesn't end the game.