Legends:Runes

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In Legends, nearly all matches begin with players having runes. With few exceptions, matches begin with each player having a rune that corresponds to 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 health, with each rune being 'broken' each time a health threshold is reached. Runes take the form of a glyph from the Elder Alphabet, and they are blue in appearance.[verification needed — Maybe add a picture?] When a rune is broken, a card is drawn, and thus will generate card advantage for the defending player. When the drawn card has Prophecy, it will be highlighted and can be summoned for free. This punishes players that attack the opponent's health without consideration of the runes.

While runes generally cannot be restored even if a player's health rises back over its threshold, they can be restored by specific cards. If a player does not have any runes left while another rune is forced to be broken, for example with Lyris Titanborn, they will lose all their health instead and lose the game. Additionally, Nords have a theme of benefiting from broken runes and Werewolves usually activate their Beast Form upon breaking a one.

Cards associated with Runes[edit]

Cards with Rune break effects[edit]

Name Type (Subtype) Attribute/Class Magicka Power Health Rarity Text
Dawnstar Healer Dawnstar Healer Creature (Nord) Willpower Willpower 3 3 3 3Epic Epic After an enemy rune is destroyed, you gain 3 health.
Eastmarch Crusader Eastmarch Crusader Creature (Nord) Willpower Willpower 3 4 2 2Rare Rare Summon: Draw a card if an enemy rune has been destroyed this game.
Haafingar Marauder Haafingar Marauder Creature (Nord) Willpower Willpower 5 5 3 4Legendary Legendary When a friendly creature destroys an enemy rune, equip it with a random item.
Morthal Executioner Morthal Executioner Creature (Nord) Willpower Willpower 3 2 4 2Rare Rare When an enemy rune is destroyed, Morthal Executioner gains +2/+0.
Relentless Raider Relentless Raider Creature (Nord) Strength Strength 1 2 1 4Legendary Legendary When an enemy rune is destroyed, deal 1 damage to your opponent.
Riften Pillager Riften Pillager Creature (Nord) Strength Strength 3 2 3 1Common Common Summon: +1/+1 for each destroyed enemy rune.
Ulfric's Housecarl Ulfric's Housecarl Creature (Nord) StrengthWillpower Crusader 4 3 3 3Epic Epic When an enemy rune is destroyed, draw a card.

Cards that restore Runes[edit]

Name Type (Subtype) Attribute/Class Magicka Power Health Rarity Text
Morokei, the Deathless Morokei, the Deathless Creature (Skeleton) Neutral Neutral 5 5 5 4Legendary Legendary Summon: If you started the game with no duplicate cards in your deck, you gain 5 health and restore a rune.
The Mechanical Heart The Mechanical Heart Support Willpower Willpower 6 4Legendary Legendary Ongoing
When you have 0 or less health, sacrifice The Mechanical Heart, set your health to 10, and restore a rune.