We've got a new champion reveal today for Beyond the Bandlewood and its Kennen! Watch the official video below or go down a bit farther to just see the cards.
Also, all the newly revealed cards are in our database now. Sorry for the delay in allowing you to theorycraft with the deckbuilder. Our card import process has been revised.
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Actually on further thought I feel like this has to be played in Ionia right? As much as it hasn't seen play thus far I feel like a game plan like this NEEDS to have that Ionian landmark with the recall generating effect.
And probably much more that i can't remember right now.
Right...I really hope that's not the way it turns out being used...I'd not thought about things like summoning tokens though.
Forget about Kennen: what is that giant Void monster he's fighting?!? D: Somebody call in the Doomslayer!
If it is connected to this expansion at all it is entirely possible we might get a void being here...it somewhat reminded me of Vel'Koz but he doesn't have an eye lid. It could be that I'm over thinking it though and it is just art to make him look impressive as he battles a massive beast.
As much as I would like it we are not getting a void champ this expansion, the creature that Kennen is fighting could just be a dragon, Ionia has lot of those.
The flavor texts of Rissu, The Silent Storm, Masa, Crashing Thunder, and Stormcloud refer the thing they're fighting as the Aberration. The full art of the cards (which can be seen e.g. on Reddit) does show that it's definitely a bit void-y purple thing.
Your are right you can get a glimpse of the creature on the full art of ember monk and stormcloud that definitely look like void spawn.
LoR art lead shared some concept art of the Aberration on Twitter and confirmed that it's NOT Void ("Ionian Spirit Realm aberration who feeds off of material energy") so that settles it.
I hope this works...it seems cool and I like the idea behind it. The issue is that I don't think this gives enough pay off for the cost of recall. You are paying a card in hand after all in order to send something back to your hand. This is so easy to disrupt as well since your opponent can wait to use removal only when you are about to return something to your hand. No slow speed removal sees consistent play other than thermogenic beam after all so they can easily just say "if you don't wanna bounce it back to hand then I won't shoot it with my mystic shot" or whatever. Anyway I have my doubts, but I like the concept none the less.
Recall is the obvious support for Kennen, but this also works well with tokens, like Sand Soldier, Spectral Rider, Spiderling, and Blade. Wonder if there'll be a deck to use him like this.
Summon the same ally 5 times this game. Alright I am gonna build a Kennen blade dance deck, it will probably not be good but it should be fun.
I think some hearthstone plays will get quest rogue vibes right now.
This has not much to do with quest rogue but the condition.
I so far could see a recall blade dance archetype being a thing but let's see what ahri brings to the recall archetype first
Yea I saw kennan's requirements and was like "oh look, below the caverns...
I am so making a Kennen Recall deck as soon as I can... It will be awhile before I have three copies of Kennen, but maybe they'll give some free copies.. lol