Control decks just got their power chord. Brynhir Thundersong isn’t just a unit—it’s a tempo nuke.
Revealed in the later wave of Riftbound Preview Season, this 6-cost Freljord hammer drop shuts down your opponent’s options the moment it hits the board.
If you’re the kind of player who likes to swing tempo with a sledgehammer while your opponent fumbles for answers—this is your card.
Gameplay / Cool Mechanics
For 6 mana, Brynhir Thundersong brings in a 5-power body, which is already respectable for mid-to-late game presence.
But the real reason you play this isn’t stats—it’s silence.
“When you play me, opponents can’t play cards this turn.”
It’s a brutal, one-sided lockout. You slam Brynhir, and whatever your opponent had planned for the rest of the turn gets obliterated. No spells. No units. No surprises.
In Riftbound’s pace-heavy meta, where reactive plays and chain-casting can turn the tide fast, Brynhir Thundersong throws up a wall and dares your opponent to crash into it.
It’s not just a threat—it’s a denial. Drop him during a crucial moment, and you’re not just protecting your board—you’re claiming tempo and slamming the window shut.
This card isn’t cheap to play, and it doesn’t affect the board outside of its silence.
But pair it with any kind of on-board setup or post-combat pivot, and it becomes devastating.
Think of it as a one-turn “Nope” for your opponent’s entire hand.
Visuals
The artwork absolutely delivers on the threat. Brynhir Thundersong is all cold command and coiled power.
Ice and lightning spiral around him in jagged arcs, his pale white hair whipping like a banner in a storm. That axe? Not for decoration.
It’s a thunderclap mid-swing, practically freezing the air mid-frame. And his gaze—eyeless, silver, serene—isn’t rage. It’s authority. This isn’t a berserker. This is a conductor of silence.
Pull Rate & Value Speculation
Card number 026/298, Brynhir Thundersong is marked as a unit with no confirmed rarity yet—but it feels legendary.
The kind of silence effect it offers is rare in most card games, and its play pattern is going to become memorable real fast.
If it gets printed as a rare or higher (which it should), expect foils to spike in demand.
No alt or overnumbered art revealed yet, but if it gets one, this is absolutely chase-tier for both control players and Freljord mains.
Brynhir Thundersong is what happens when silence becomes a win condition.
If you play blue-style control or love tempo denial, get this in your 40.
