Nine-Tailed Fox is one of those cards that immediately signals disruption.
If you’re looking to slow enemy tempo without spending multiple cards to do it, Ahri’s Legend variant gives you a built-in soft counter every time the opponent comes at your board.
This isn’t a flashy spell or high-stat beater—it’s a passive deterrent, and that makes it even nastier.
In a game like Riftbound, where momentum matters and every stat buff counts, Nine-Tailed Fox plays the long game.
It bleeds value while staying completely invisible until the enemy makes their move.
Gameplay / Cool Mechanics
Here’s the mechanic in plain terms: “When an enemy unit attacks a battlefield you control, give it -1 power this turn, to a minimum of 1.” No cost. No trigger. Just pure control. The moment they swing, they’re weaker.
This card flips aggro math on its head. Opponents who usually count on their 3/2s to trade up suddenly find themselves coming in as 2/2s—or worse.
You don’t stop the attack, but you make it less lethal, and that’s enough to tilt most trades in your favor.
It’s also quietly strong in board stall situations: the more turns you hold down a zone, the more pressure Nine-Tailed Fox applies just by existing.
In tempo decks that care about maintaining board parity, Ahri offers passive protection without needing to hold back mana for tricks.
Visuals
The art does its job without overexplaining. Airi Pan puts Ahri mid-motion, claw raised, and eyes dead-set on her prey.
The swirling tails in the background echo the hypnotic aura you feel when you’re on the back foot against this card. The orb she conjures isn’t bursting—it’s glowing steady, like a spell waiting to snap.
The whole thing feels like a trap, which is exactly what Nine-Tailed Fox plays like.
Pull Rate & Value Speculation
Ahri lands at 303/298, making Nine-Tailed Fox an overnumbered card.
That puts it in rare territory already, and given that it’s a Legend card with strong passive mechanics and one of League’s most beloved champions, you can expect this to be a chase pull.
There’s no alt art revealed yet, but if this one gets a foil swirl or embossed tail pattern, it’s going straight into collector top 10s.
Even non-foil, expect a decent aftermarket floor just based on functionality and character popularity.
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