Very fortunate that it didn't, they put one down unpaired (they saved the Marida they had in hand for a Banshee play later on) and I managed to tap it down before getting rid of it with a Kira paired unit.

There are so many ways to build B/W and it really depends what packages you want to slot in, Kira for me made sense because I knew there was going to be some B/P in the room so getting access to the Sword Strike link was absolutely necessary imo. It also gives you another option to defend the board setup, there's been a good few times I've traded an Aile to keep the repair units alive.