I'd love to see discard being a thing in LoR, but limited, like just a few cards in the whole game, specifically , I'd like to see Camille or Camille's cards having something to do with random discard or even reveal-discard
Riot have created a lot of curvaceous babes in skimpy outfits with bedroom eyes, and everyone wants the tough girl with a 6-pack and Furiosa facepaint.
Only noticed it when I watched this video, but when Noxkraya arena was played at 7:57, she says "Awaken", which is referencing the very name of the song in which she is seen in said arena!
Okay good looks i was confused for a second. And also three different fragments must be played to level ricen right? She may be a little more rng based than we are giving her credit for
@@umbranight1628 they only give you a piece you haven't played so if you played one piece u can only create the other 2 I think. I assume it resets after making the first blade
@@Tike22 Riven is kinda responsible for what happened to Yasuo but not quite. Yasuo was supposed to protect Elder Souma during the first noxian invasion but he instead chose to go fight with noxians. Meanwhile Riven fled from the battlefield because Noxus bombed Ionia with chemicals from Singed. She went to Elder Souma to seek help and he agreed to help her. She wanted to destory her sword, when they tried to do it the sword shattered and killed Souma in the proces. Elder tried to destory the sword with his wind technique but it backfired so it looked like he was killed by the legendary wind technique, which only him and Yasuo knew. Thats why Ionia blamed Yasuo for his death. That lead to Yasuo fighting for his freedom as he vowed to find the real killer. That led to Yone chasing after him because he felt that it was his burden and duty to bring his brother to justice. I highly reccomed the following stories on universe: Confessions of the broken blade all parts and sisterhood of war all parts. The second one explains the supporting cards very well.
Arrel doesn't get damaged back when she strikes a units, its the same effect as concerted strike, it does not state the enemy strikes back or that they strike eachother.
I just noticed the fact she said "awaken" when the noxkraya arena was played witch is a reference to a music video from lol called obviously "awaken" in which she is in the arena.
@Yates I mean, I'm not a fan of Trundle decks, but I only see that working once or twice before players wise up and keep a Wyrding Stones in hand to intercept the Hunt...
@@kiteman33138 Sure. But it's already the most vulnerable ramp tool they have, anyway. Pretty much any removal tool denies Wyrding Stones already. Gloryseeker can deny Stones and also threaten pre-level Trundle
All of these characters are from Riven's most recent story on Universe, probably the longest story they've written, Sisterhood of War. I highly recommend it. It introduces all of the characters very organically. universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/story/sisterhood-of-war-i/
Isn't it because behold effects only resolve upon playing a card? The wording for Riven's lvl up is similar to Trundle's but you don't have to actually play blade of the exile.
I agree. I feel that a reason why they would do it is because since it is a spell, it won't be seen "on the board" as that is part of the full description of Behold. It would make her text nice and short though.
@@5tgfwjf5 Behold only play effect on play card, if you have Riven on board alr, she won't level up if condition is behold. The condition is I see in hand, so Riven can level up since blade of exile must go through hand
@@FightingDuskstalker If you check the rally keyword, it specifically says : if you do not have one, gain an attack token. So rally should trigger Riven's reforge.
@@QuiveringEye I ran a Zed/Draven/Lee deck a while back. One of the key draw engines was, funny enough, Arena Bookie. With how cheap these fragments are, I can see them serving a similar role to what Draven's Blades did in keeping the deck trucking along. Will test for myself.
One thing to note about the Reforge mechanic is that you only get fragments that you have not played. This brings a lot of key decision-making and outplay potential, for example, let's say you play Riven but instead of creating the blade you can play 2 of 3 fragments and wait on the third fragment (+2 dmg). From what I understood this scenario can create infinite +2 dmg fragments (Since you only need that fragment to complete the blade) which can then be all used on the same turn at burst speed on a leveled up Riven to make an OTK Scenario. Or going at it another way you may want to stack Quick Attacks in a Noxus Demacia deck with many challenger units.
Riven and her cards reference story called “sisterhood of battle” in universe, so the characters and the splash arts are from there. In case you would be interested to read it :)
Riven/Shen sounds like a blast with this new expansion. I mean, The first thing I thought for Riven was to mix her with Targon to duplicate the exile blade, but with Shen, seems like it will be even more dangerous. What makes me worry about it is the fact that exile blade could also be played with Lee Sin, and we don't need another Lee Sin plagued environment. But Riven as a champion looks great. Creating cards that can become quite devastating in the right decks, and there are champions that could really benefit from the blade of exile, like Fiora, Swain, Lee Sin, Vi (This one really looks scary with a possible overwhelm, once leveled up could OTK), Quinn, Shyvanna, leveled up Elise, and that only for the Blade of Exile, the fragments work great for Arrel, and also could be nice for Elusives, Genevieve, the Swole Squirrel (another great target for the blade as well), Horns of the Dragon, the enraged yetis. Riven has too much potential, I can easily imagine her in tier 1 decks. Quick attack and overwhelm is a devastating keyword combination, and granting it is too much, if it was not a slow speed effect, the card would've been broken
@@BubberTubberBTPW She was pretty young when she first got the blade (before the war started), so in her splash art she was is like 16 or something. Currently riven is 25-28 or something.
I don't think anyone noticed haha, but she said "Awaken" when the Arena Landmark was placed, which im sure is a reference to the song, with the scene where she fights everyone
About card draw, this is why I adore Android: Netrunner and Vampire the Eternal Struggle (esp. the latter) that allow for the player to manage their card draw as a resource at will. Discard effects are kind of allowed more and don't break the game. Wonderful games to this day that definitely deviate away from MTG (despite being designed by Garfield, all of them).
Riven was an orphan born and grown up in Noxus.She rewarded with magical sword bu the Noxus for her tenacity and skills in battle.While She fought in Ionia for Noxus,she suffered a chemical attack that killer her friend. She survived thanks to her magical sword.Riven found out later that this attack was done bu noxus to end the war quickly.After Riven saw the painful death of her friends in army,she broken her sword and tried to destroy it but could not.
Hunt the Weak can be used as an anti Freljord ramp tech to play it on turn 2 (or 3 if you have the attack token) brfore they can drop their Eyrding stones, since "weakest" is based on the attack stat
22:53 wouldnt the wording imply that Arrel is just hitting the enemy and not getting hit back? Single combat specifically says they strike each other while Arrel just says that she strikes
Holy crap, I was thinking about this blade being pretty meh, but after u mentioned the Zenith blade I realized that this new one is almost broken. Because even zenith was semi-competitive at slow speed being 3 mana cost. But this one gives quick attack, I think it’s super cool. That it exactly what midrange in this game needed to be able to be around A-S tier. Super excited for these new cards!
I can't wait for "LDD = Land Distruction Decks and DD = Discard Decks in Magic Gathering days" to be implemented here in LoR :D Counterspell has been implemented... right! Im excited with this direction LoR going. Just always2 listen to the community LoR just don't forget about it with heart on it...
in just 2 more days the expansion is released! I saved a lot of Wildacrds and decent chunk of shards so I'll be crafting a lot once I finish the roads. Although Riven is another "Noxus go face" card, her gimmick is at least a bit unique, might more more fun than something like the Super Noxus Brothers deck. Also I love how all 3 champs from this expansion are kind of synergistic with themselves.
Regarding discard mechanics, I gotta say, I'm kinda sceptical. I like them when they give the discardee the power to choose themselves, because that generates a decision for them to make- this one doesn't really have a counter play unless you're Ionia with a Deny, since counterspells are almost nonexistant, and there are no 'flash' creatures (i.e. allies that can be played as fast spells.) It's not all bad tho, because it has an easily understood targeting criteria, you can play around it if you suspect the enemy has it in their deck. All-in-alll. . . Well, I'm looking forward to seeing how this develops.
Calling it now. December 16, I'm building a Taric/Riven deck. Might not be the best deck ever, but the synergies are going to be great fun! Think of Arrel the Tracker with Taric!
You forgot to take into account the obvious intended synergy between Riven's support units and the blade fragments. The 5 mana 7/3 challenger is indeed bad on its own, but if you slap quick attack on it for 1 round for 1 mana with a blade fragment, you get to attack another time (assuming the enemy doesn't have a spell to deal 3 damage to her). So then it would be a cheaper double Vengeance in a way, spread over 3 turns. If you don't get the quick attack fragment, you can just go for max damage with the overwhelm one instead. The same idea with the quick attack fragment can be applied to the 4 mana 3/3 challenger to let her trade into more than 1 or 2 medium costed units.
Survival skills plus Rummage/ Booty Canon? Get Excited? We have lots of options. I'm looking at Reforged Lee Sin atm. I have a Draven/Lee Sin deck atm. Call it 'The Odd Couple'. Some of these Reforge Cards can really spice it up.
With all those cheap spells, +attack and Overwhelm sources I'm thinking about the return of Lee Sin with Noxus for the late game, with Riven and Draven covering the midrange part of the deck
Riven is a betrayed elite warrior that gave up that life to attone for her past in the lands she was fighting. She has spent years tending to the fields with her sword stowed away. Her card art is from the sisterhood of war story, where the people depicted in her follower cards tried to track her and her sword down, intending to get her back to Noxus.
Reforge isn't as easy to understand But mog, the pieces that reforge the blade of the exile are the ones that act like gems. Hilt, the main deckable one, is not part of the piece. You basically need to reforge the +2, quick attack, and overwhelm pieces to complete the blade of the exile. For Riven, this means 3 attack tokens (hello rally) Also as mentioned by the others here, arrel only strikes like concerted strike, not single combat. No need to worry about her health.
@@BrickBuster90 true, but i like the low curve from 1 to 3, and if you fit last breath and the new challenger landmark. the sinergy could be way more faster than round 4-6
Very flavourful espacilly if you consider that they basically turned the "sisterhood of war" Story into cards (its about Rivens past), can only recommand reading it.
I think the test should be: "Reforge" [blade of the exile] this way, new "Reforge" mechanic could be created, like Rell (I know the difference between them, but its a card game, so they should prepare things like this), as a new/future mechanic to be revisitd
I think the Refoge keyword will be soo scary along side Targon region. It can trigger Taric's level up, reduce the cost of The Arbiter of the Peak, and with the Out of the Way KDA card, all the buffs are permanent
something slipped a lot of people.. Lee sin/noxus(riven) could be the next tier 1 lee deck. Btw' arrel the tracker' strikes tne enemy so she doesn't take dmg from the effect 😄 O MAN Viktor and Riven are soooo amazing they are the most flexible champions we've ever had!!
I misread Arrel, turns out she's even better than I thought!
How so? I can't see what she says in the video.
@@mokutomedia1253 It says that she strikes the weakest enemy, wich means she doesn´t recive damage in the process as Mogwai taught
@@mokutomedia1253 Arrel strikes the weakest enemy, but doesn't get hit herself.
Also, Weapon Hilt isn't a Blade fragment, it is just a spell - you can't get it from Reforge, and it isn't necessary to create Blade.
I'd love to see discard being a thing in LoR, but limited, like just a few cards in the whole game, specifically , I'd like to see Camille or Camille's cards having something to do with random discard or even reveal-discard
I relate to Mogwais Riven thirst on a much deeper level than I'm willing to admit...
@Legisai Speed is very important ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Bruh everyone should be willing to admit how thirsty we are for riven
The only girl I will gladly simp for
Riot have created a lot of curvaceous babes in skimpy outfits with bedroom eyes, and everyone wants the tough girl with a 6-pack and Furiosa facepaint.
Shermie gonna see tHis
Only noticed it when I watched this video, but when Noxkraya arena was played at 7:57, she says "Awaken", which is referencing the very name of the song in which she is seen in said arena!
The Weapon Hilt is not considered a fragment. Its just a spell.
Okay good looks i was confused for a second. And also three different fragments must be played to level ricen right? She may be a little more rng based than we are giving her credit for
@@umbranight1628 all good. I was lost when i first read about it too. I may be wrong but Reforge might only make you a piece you don’t already have.
And if not, its only 3 pieces. Cant be too hard to Reforge them all.
@@umbranight1628 they only give you a piece you haven't played so if you played one piece u can only create the other 2 I think. I assume it resets after making the first blade
@@PedroCosta-cp1ro did they say this?
22:53 she wouldn't receive any damage because she's the only one who strikes (like concerted strike).
"I am the one who kno... Strikes"
they who endure,
she who wanders
it that stares
the only one who strikes,
@@vicio19995 He endur
He wander
But most importantly
He stricc
@@vicio19995 She that strikes XD
22:53 mystake here, shes the only one striking so she doesnt take damage, just look at how stuff like concerted strike work.
Thats kinda OP D:
And leveled up Yasuo
Love how mogwai clicks on the pause button in the bottom left corner instead of the video, reminds me of my grandparents 😅
There's... nothing wrong with that?
@@Ahmer46 never said that there’s something wrong with that
Lol ahahhaauah
When Mogwai uploads, I click faster then Riven auto cancelling combos :)
Too bad they Nerfed exactly that right?
@@emanuelevigo9864 yup, makes me sad
Nice
Riot nerfed some riven animation cancels? Which exactly did they nerf??
@@toxikarp2063 I myself don’t know but am curious too
3:00 Mogwail melting over that beautiful godess. Miguel, my man...
Cant wait to see Mogwai's reaction when Riven tells Yasuo "I would give you back your life if I could"
why does she say that?
@@Tike22 Cause she's exiled, and he's seeking her
I love how she treats Yasuo like her kinda executioner.
@@Tike22 Long story short, she's responsible for the crime Yasuo took the blame for.
@@Tike22 Riven is kinda responsible for what happened to Yasuo but not quite. Yasuo was supposed to protect Elder Souma during the first noxian invasion but he instead chose to go fight with noxians. Meanwhile Riven fled from the battlefield because Noxus bombed Ionia with chemicals from Singed. She went to Elder Souma to seek help and he agreed to help her. She wanted to destory her sword, when they tried to do it the sword shattered and killed Souma in the proces. Elder tried to destory the sword with his wind technique but it backfired so it looked like he was killed by the legendary wind technique, which only him and Yasuo knew. Thats why Ionia blamed Yasuo for his death. That lead to Yasuo fighting for his freedom as he vowed to find the real killer. That led to Yone chasing after him because he felt that it was his burden and duty to bring his brother to justice. I highly reccomed the following stories on universe: Confessions of the broken blade all parts and sisterhood of war all parts. The second one explains the supporting cards very well.
“As resilient as a 3 drop can be” , golden crushbot: am i a joke to you?
Bubblebear :(
Arrel doesn't get damaged back when she strikes a units, its the same effect as concerted strike, it does not state the enemy strikes back or that they strike eachother.
I just noticed the fact she said "awaken" when the noxkraya arena was played witch is a reference to a music video from lol called obviously "awaken" in which she is in the arena.
So.. Hunt The Weak can discard Ice Pillar? lol
@Yates I mean, I'm not a fan of Trundle decks, but I only see that working once or twice before players wise up and keep a Wyrding Stones in hand to intercept the Hunt...
If they have a warding stones in hand or voices of the old ones that will get discarded instead
@@FightingDuskstalker Yes, but that means you effectivly deny them some ramp tools, which are fundamentales to this archetype.
@@kiteman33138 Sure. But it's already the most vulnerable ramp tool they have, anyway. Pretty much any removal tool denies Wyrding Stones already. Gloryseeker can deny Stones and also threaten pre-level Trundle
Spacebar exists
Mogwai : we don't do that here
22:53 Arrel is striking so she doesnt take damage, is like Whirling Death or Conccussive Strike
All of these characters are from Riven's most recent story on Universe, probably the longest story they've written, Sisterhood of War. I highly recommend it. It introduces all of the characters very organically. universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/story/sisterhood-of-war-i/
Mogwai reacting to new cards is my favorite champion
same lol
Kda: I sleep
Riven: REAL SH*T
26:39 mogwai.exe stopped working
Funny how her lvl up requirement doesn't have the behold keyword
Isn't it because behold effects only resolve upon playing a card? The wording for Riven's lvl up is similar to Trundle's but you don't have to actually play blade of the exile.
I agree. I feel that a reason why they would do it is because since it is a spell, it won't be seen "on the board" as that is part of the full description of Behold. It would make her text nice and short though.
Behold applies when things are in play or in hand, whereas Riven levels up when you have Blade in hand so no need for that.
Behold effects also work when you have behold cards in play. Blade of Exile has to be in the hand for her to level up, not in play.
@@5tgfwjf5 Behold only play effect on play card, if you have Riven on board alr, she won't level up if condition is behold. The condition is I see in hand, so Riven can level up since blade of exile must go through hand
Mogwai: is rally time
Riven and garen? Yeah, Katarina is not going to be happy about that...
Doesn't Rally say you "ready your attack" rather than "gain the attack token"? The wording on Riven's card seems oddly specific to me
@@FightingDuskstalker i know, but with rally she can reforge more time than once each round
@@FightingDuskstalker If you check the rally keyword, it specifically says : if you do not have one, gain an attack token. So rally should trigger Riven's reforge.
Wait...
Riven’s sword fragments count as buffs, right?
Taric: >;)
You get a sword fragment, you get a sword fragment, you get a sword fragment. You all get a Blade of the exile.
Who are you who are so wise in the ways of the blade?
Out of the way could even be viable
Is Taric also duplicating the Reforge effect, so you get two different fragments out of a weapon's hilt ?
@@dauphinkivol5555 Yes. That's how it work with starshaping and guiding touch.
I'm too scared about reforge
Because of this Lee Sin player can return their A-S meta rank
The Evil must not awaken
Noxus/Ionia is an interesting idea, both Deny and Nopeify can protect Riven and Lee... at least that deck won’t have access to Bastion!
You lose out on the excellent card cycling of healing touch and pale cascade, though. We will see...
@@QuiveringEye I ran a Zed/Draven/Lee deck a while back. One of the key draw engines was, funny enough, Arena Bookie. With how cheap these fragments are, I can see them serving a similar role to what Draven's Blades did in keeping the deck trucking along. Will test for myself.
I loved lee sin and then he got buffed and he was taken from me by the toxic legends of runeterra players. I want my baby boy to come back to me 🥲
@@gablanwheel3895 noxus/ionia was already a thing before. Before targon people would run lee sin and might
26:44 when she finally lets you hit her from behind.
LMAOAO
Honestly, Riven being one of my first fave champ in League, hearing her voice lines again awakened some deep hidden thirst within me too.
the reason the brazilian legends runeterra probably appeared is because it was uploaded there first
One thing to note about the Reforge mechanic is that you only get fragments that you have not played. This brings a lot of key decision-making and outplay potential, for example, let's say you play Riven but instead of creating the blade you can play 2 of 3 fragments and wait on the third fragment (+2 dmg). From what I understood this scenario can create infinite +2 dmg fragments (Since you only need that fragment to complete the blade) which can then be all used on the same turn at burst speed on a leveled up Riven to make an OTK Scenario. Or going at it another way you may want to stack Quick Attacks in a Noxus Demacia deck with many challenger units.
Mogwai said “She awakened something alright”
22:57, Arrel strikes the weakest enemy, the weakest enemy does not strike Arrel in retaliation because it doesn’t say “strike each other”
I can totally see a Viktor's augment combined with Riven's blade fragment deck and I like it
Sounds cool
My mind went straight to Viktor-Riven deck when you explained how reforge works.
longer more analytical reactions are much more fun than just looking at the video mogwai, keep it up. i love your attitude.
She Who Wanders also removes cards from the opponent's hand, btw.
But yours as well so rip
26:27 that pause reaction LMAO
IS THAT UA-cam LIGHT MODE???
Weapon Hilt is not a Fragment. All Fragments say "Fragment" in their card name
Yeah, uh, I only just noticed when watching the video 😅
Lovin the RAW CONTENT
I love when mogwai talks about mtg it’s hit me in the heart but I love your runeterra content keep up the work
14:31 The Keen Flade Bragment
til, mogwai has a crush on riven
22:55 Mogwai, she strikes the enemy so she's actually not taking damage. I'm so excited to play a noxus-demacia deck with her
mean if we're being honest your playing riven for her *ehem* body... as in her stat line of 3 mana 3/4 and 4/5 obviously.
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Watch the official LOR champion reveals with Mog. - 👍
Riven and her cards reference story called “sisterhood of battle” in universe, so the characters and the splash arts are from there. In case you would be interested to read it :)
Riven/Shen sounds like a blast with this new expansion. I mean, The first thing I thought for Riven was to mix her with Targon to duplicate the exile blade, but with Shen, seems like it will be even more dangerous. What makes me worry about it is the fact that exile blade could also be played with Lee Sin, and we don't need another Lee Sin plagued environment. But Riven as a champion looks great. Creating cards that can become quite devastating in the right decks, and there are champions that could really benefit from the blade of exile, like Fiora, Swain, Lee Sin, Vi (This one really looks scary with a possible overwhelm, once leveled up could OTK), Quinn, Shyvanna, leveled up Elise, and that only for the Blade of Exile, the fragments work great for Arrel, and also could be nice for Elusives, Genevieve, the Swole Squirrel (another great target for the blade as well), Horns of the Dragon, the enraged yetis. Riven has too much potential, I can easily imagine her in tier 1 decks. Quick attack and overwhelm is a devastating keyword combination, and granting it is too much, if it was not a slow speed effect, the card would've been broken
Mog:"a champion with a huge ass..."
Me: wtf miguel?
Mog: "...sword"
Me: ooof, ok
Blade of Exile on Swain???
Love the energetic uploads. :D
I can’t wait for the expansion.
So can we make a decent deck with Demacia-Noxus finally?
Mogwai: She looks hot
Fbi: *We got em boys*
riven's like 25 lol
ladies n gentleman, we got them
FBI these days I guess: You like a woman? We got 'em boys.
@@BubberTubberBTPW She was pretty young when she first got the blade (before the war started), so in her splash art she was is like 16 or something. Currently riven is 25-28 or something.
Yes, i too have rewatched tsukishima block.
Have you seen the last episode?
I don't think anyone noticed haha, but she said "Awaken" when the Arena Landmark was placed, which im sure is a reference to the song, with the scene where she fights everyone
14:30 Keen Flade Bragment 🤣
I'm glad I'm not the only one who heard that
About card draw, this is why I adore Android: Netrunner and Vampire the Eternal Struggle (esp. the latter) that allow for the player to manage their card draw as a resource at will. Discard effects are kind of allowed more and don't break the game. Wonderful games to this day that definitely deviate away from MTG (despite being designed by Garfield, all of them).
Hey mogway ! You have more subscribers on youtube than the official youtube of runeterra
When the Noxian arena appears, Riven says "awaken" this is a reference to the cinematic called "awaken" where Riven is in a Noxian arena.
I already loved this girl in lol. In lor they are making me love her even more 😍
Just wonder if she's still viable in 10.25. It's been a while since i last saw a Riven player.
This music... One of greatest tones ever created!
Must be weird for Mog's editor to view his thirst with Riven LMAO
You mean his girlfriend hahahhaha
Joe rogan, Anime and Yu-gi-oh, mogwai, what do you be watching?
Arrel the tracker strikes the enemy but the enemy does not strike back so it is a free removal if you use the small riven spills or buff the attack
Riven was an orphan born and grown up in Noxus.She rewarded with magical sword bu the Noxus for her tenacity and skills in battle.While She fought in Ionia for Noxus,she suffered a chemical attack that killer her friend. She survived thanks to her magical sword.Riven found out later that this attack was done bu noxus to end the war quickly.After Riven saw the painful death of her friends in army,she broken her sword
and tried to destroy it but could not.
I like hunt the weak... AS LONG AS IT STAYS VERY RARE.
Yes and even if the card is played a lot you can try to avoid losing a key card by keeping cheeper followers
“Oh no there goes my caustic cask..... that was my win con....”
@@TheMrSunol yeah, until you play trundle deck and your opponent discard your ice pillar lol
Hunt the Weak can be used as an anti Freljord ramp tech to play it on turn 2 (or 3 if you have the attack token) brfore they can drop their Eyrding stones, since "weakest" is based on the attack stat
Weapon Hilt isn't a fragment card, is main devkable, only the fragments create
22:53 wouldnt the wording imply that Arrel is just hitting the enemy and not getting hit back? Single combat specifically says they strike each other while Arrel just says that she strikes
Holy crap, I was thinking about this blade being pretty meh, but after u mentioned the Zenith blade I realized that this new one is almost broken. Because even zenith was semi-competitive at slow speed being 3 mana cost. But this one gives quick attack, I think it’s super cool. That it exactly what midrange in this game needed to be able to be around A-S tier. Super excited for these new cards!
I do hate that this game has hush though kekw
Mog, Arrel doesn't receive damage when she strikes I think
Arrel Control, I see it coming.
4:10 yes sword, nice recovery.
I can't wait for "LDD = Land Distruction Decks and DD = Discard Decks in Magic Gathering days" to be implemented here in LoR :D Counterspell has been implemented... right! Im excited with this direction LoR going. Just always2 listen to the community LoR just don't forget about it with heart on it...
Get you a girl that looks at you like miguel looks at riven
in just 2 more days the expansion is released! I saved a lot of Wildacrds and decent chunk of shards so I'll be crafting a lot once I finish the roads. Although Riven is another "Noxus go face" card, her gimmick is at least a bit unique, might more more fun than something like the Super Noxus Brothers deck. Also I love how all 3 champs from this expansion are kind of synergistic with themselves.
Regarding discard mechanics, I gotta say, I'm kinda sceptical. I like them when they give the discardee the power to choose themselves, because that generates a decision for them to make- this one doesn't really have a counter play unless you're Ionia with a Deny, since counterspells are almost nonexistant, and there are no 'flash' creatures (i.e. allies that can be played as fast spells.) It's not all bad tho, because it has an easily understood targeting criteria, you can play around it if you suspect the enemy has it in their deck. All-in-alll. . . Well, I'm looking forward to seeing how this develops.
It might not be the most optimal use for it, but Survival Skills plus Vladimir and a full board could be fun.
Actually not the worst idea ever, especially considering vlad has regen.
Calling it now. December 16, I'm building a Taric/Riven deck. Might not be the best deck ever, but the synergies are going to be great fun!
Think of Arrel the Tracker with Taric!
So if something gives her more attack this turn, the doubling goes away too? And if the effect is grant, the doubling stays as well?
Yep
So use the Blade of the Exile on Taric, then support Riven lvl 2 and gg
You forgot to take into account the obvious intended synergy between Riven's support units and the blade fragments. The 5 mana 7/3 challenger is indeed bad on its own, but if you slap quick attack on it for 1 round for 1 mana with a blade fragment, you get to attack another time (assuming the enemy doesn't have a spell to deal 3 damage to her). So then it would be a cheaper double Vengeance in a way, spread over 3 turns. If you don't get the quick attack fragment, you can just go for max damage with the overwhelm one instead. The same idea with the quick attack fragment can be applied to the 4 mana 3/3 challenger to let her trade into more than 1 or 2 medium costed units.
Survival skills plus Rummage/ Booty Canon? Get Excited? We have lots of options.
I'm looking at Reforged Lee Sin atm. I have a Draven/Lee Sin deck atm. Call it 'The Odd Couple'. Some of these Reforge Cards can really spice it up.
With all those cheap spells, +attack and Overwhelm sources I'm thinking about the return of Lee Sin with Noxus for the late game, with Riven and Draven covering the midrange part of the deck
I like how almost polar opposite you and Swims reaction to Riven’s cards lol I personally agree with with your thoughts more though
Riven is a betrayed elite warrior that gave up that life to attone for her past in the lands she was fighting. She has spent years tending to the fields with her sword stowed away.
Her card art is from the sisterhood of war story, where the people depicted in her follower cards tried to track her and her sword down, intending to get her back to Noxus.
"With a HUGE ASS...sword"
I see ya Mog, I see ya.
Reforge isn't as easy to understand
But mog, the pieces that reforge the blade of the exile are the ones that act like gems. Hilt, the main deckable one, is not part of the piece.
You basically need to reforge the +2, quick attack, and overwhelm pieces to complete the blade of the exile. For Riven, this means 3 attack tokens (hello rally)
Also as mentioned by the others here, arrel only strikes like concerted strike, not single combat. No need to worry about her health.
Taric Riven on curve all the sudden seems REEEEALLY SCARY
When I see level UP riven I just think about her and the +8/+4 spell from freljord
I have the feeling that riven and lucian are going to be best friend forever.
Don't forget Garen.
@@BrickBuster90 true, but i like the low curve from 1 to 3, and if you fit last breath and the new challenger landmark. the sinergy could be way more faster than round 4-6
Taric Riven could be a very legit deck, the new challengers that have to be buffed and Arrel are just so good with Targon
Attack token.... Rally! New favorite mogwai rally deck waiting room. )
Survival skills: exist*
Mogwai: 12 y/o activate*
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Very flavourful espacilly if you consider that they basically turned the "sisterhood of war" Story into cards (its about Rivens past), can only recommand reading it.
I think the test should be:
"Reforge" [blade of the exile]
this way, new "Reforge" mechanic could be created, like Rell (I know the difference between them, but its a card game, so they should prepare things like this), as a new/future mechanic to be revisitd
Brasil yes baby, thanky you ✋
No pls i don't want to go to Brazil.
I think the Refoge keyword will be soo scary along side Targon region.
It can trigger Taric's level up, reduce the cost of The Arbiter of the Peak, and with the Out of the Way KDA card, all the buffs are permanent
Was never a big fan of riven, bit goddamn they did such a great job with her card and "set" I love every card
something slipped a lot of people.. Lee sin/noxus(riven) could be the next tier 1 lee deck.
Btw' arrel the tracker' strikes tne enemy so she doesn't take dmg from the effect 😄
O MAN Viktor and Riven are soooo amazing they are the most flexible champions we've ever had!!
Hilarious reaction to survival skills Mogwai.. as if u have found the treasure of Monte cristo
Indeed. Riven is a Godess Confirmed :)