LoR:Ionia
Yasuo walking towards an Ionian settlement - See Home- For the lore region, see
Ionia.
Ionia (demonym: ionian) is a Legends of Runeterra regional card set based on the lore region of Ionia.
While Ionia doesn't boast the strongest creatures, they utilize evasive mechanics to bypass enemy defences and avoid incoming damage.
Description[edit | edit source]
Balance: the cornerstone of the First Lands we know as Ionia. Once, it existed aplenty, with the spiritual and physical worlds coexisting together in harmony...but such serenity is fleeting. Noxus, bent on imperial expansion, brought their insatiable hunger to Ionia's shores. Though the empire was driven out, there is an air of uncertainty hovering over the land. Are you willing to pay the price for peace?
Mechanics[edit | edit source]
Recall
Stun
Support
Spellcasting
Barrier
Enlightened- Allied & Enemy
Ephemeral - Hand Buff
- Elusive
Secondary Mechanics[edit | edit source]
- Situational
Challenger 
Draw
Fizzle
Summoning
Cost reduction
List of Cards[edit | edit source]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
Media[edit | edit source]
References
Recall
Unit or 
Landmark to hand and remove all effects applied to it (even everywhere).Cards that are in hand due to a Recall effect are
revealed, visible to the opponent.
Does not undo card transformations and replacements.
If the player already has 10 cards in their hand, the card(s) will be 
obliterated.
Stun Units that have Stun ('are stunned') cannot have 
attacks or 
blocks declared with them. Granting a unit Stun ('stunning it') removes it from combat, even if they were challenged before. You can, however, challenge a unit previously stunned. Stun lasts until Round End.A unit that is Stunned can be Stunned again, and is counted as being Stunned again.
| Type | Static | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Negative | |
| Generatable | No | |
| Transferable | No | |
Support
Units with Support trigger an effect 
when they attack if there is an ally positioned to their right (this ally is referred to as the "supported ally" in card text). Support effects are resolved from left to right, at the same time as Attack effects.Units that are summoned attacking at the same time as the attack is committed with the unit with Support can trigger Support effects.
Spells
speed of a spell dictates when it can be played, and whether the opponent can respond.
The Spell Stack: Once one or more Fast or Slow spells have been played, it can be responded / reacted to by the opponent with one or more Fast or Burst spells. Fast spells played are added to the stack, where the most recent one placed is the first to resolve. Once the response is confirmed by pressing the Button, the opponent has a chance to react, and this continues until both players pass. Only 10 spells can be on the stack at once, and the 10th spell may only be Burst.
Barrier (for each Barrier it has) that reduces the next instance of single damage it would take to 0. Obliterated and 
Killing bypass this effect. Removed after it takes effect, OR at Round End.
Drain and 
Lifesteal don't heal on Barrier unit. Barrier units only negate the 
Overwhelm damage equal its health.
When Barrier take effect, that unit is considered as survive.
If multiple spells or skills interact, 
SpellShield will take effect before Barrier.
| Type | Static | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Positive | |
| Generatable | No | |
| Transferable | Yes | |
| Notes |
Barrier only transfers if it’s active on the originating card. | |
Enlightened mana, they're Enlightened.If a player's mana gem get destroyed after having 10, they are not Enlightened until they have 10 mana gem again.
When a player is Enlightened, their units with Vocab Enlightened gain their effect, including when in deck or hand.
Ephemeral units with Ephemeral will die after they 
strike or the round ends. Ephemeral is not removed if the unit survives.Ephemeral units dying to the keyword's effect are not slain. If they would die to a strike, they die to that instead of Ephemeral.
| Type | Static | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Negative | |
| Generatable | No | |
| Transferable | No | |
Challenger
unit Challenging another is it forcing the other to commit a block against it, even if it wouldn't be able to block it normally (eg. 
Can't Block). The player whose unit was Challenged cannot change what unit the Challenged unit is blocking through normal means, though it can be forced out of that position through effects such as Swapping and Stunning.Challenger: When declaring an
attack, with, the player can choose which enemies allies with Challenger will Challenge when the attack is committed, by dragging them into the blocking position.
| Type | Static | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Positive | |
| Generatable | Yes | |
| Transferable | Yes | |
DrawDrawing a card takes it from a deck or hand and adds it to the right side of a player's hand. Unless specified, the card drawn is the one on top of the allied deck.
Fizzle Spell or 
Skill Fizzling means it is obliterated before it 
resolves while committed to the Spell Stack.Spells and Skills on the stack that require a condition to cast that is no longer fulfilled or all of the targets of are no longer valid at the time they are reached on it, will Fizzle.
ManaMana is the primary resource used to play cards in Legends of Runeterra.
The Darkin Saga (Subset 6)
- New mechanics:
Equipment, Flow, Forge, Improvise, New, Empowered, Assimilate - New subtypes: Darkin, Cultist, Weaponmaster, World Rune
Beyond the Bandlewood (Set 5)
- New region:
Bandle City - New mechanics:
Impact, 
1 Prank, Manifest, Multi-region, 
Fated, 
Attach, 
Formidable
Rising Tides (Set 2)
New region: 
Bilgewater
New mechanics: Attune, Deep, Plunder, Scout, Vulnerable, Nab, Toss and Stack
Foundations (Set 1)
New 
regions: 
Demacia, 
Freljord, Ionia, 
Noxus, 
Piltover & Zaun and 
Shadow Isles.
Bandle City
Runeterra region: 
Bandle City
Bilgewater
Runeterra region: 
Bilgewater, Serpent Isles
Freljord
Runeterra region: 
Freljord, likely 
The Arctic
Shadow Isles
Runeterra regions: 
Shadow Isles, 
Blessed Isles
Shurima summoning and to facilitate slaying units for swift aggression, whittling and weathering down the opponent with large numbers of units, de-buffing effects and board-wide effects, while using mechanics such as Predict and Countdown to set up and guarantee wins, and to have the right cards just when you need them.
Targon region with a focus on powerful, slow, and permanent effects, calling upon powerful Celestial beings, and having large amounts of healing and effect nullification, with unparalleled access to SpellShields and Silences.
Runeterra region: 
Targon, Celestial Realm
RuneterraUnlike other regions, Runeterra cards have unique deckbuilding rules, dictated by the origins of the cards in it, with only one card from Runeterra able to be put into the deck.
Champions Unit.
A champion is able to 
Level Up to transform it and every other allied copy of it in the game that could ever exist into a new card instantly, keeping all effects applied to it and damage taken, which has its own interactions as well. While there is an allied champion alive, any copies of it in hand are instead a Champion Spell.
FollowersFollowers are a type of unit card in 
Legends of Runeterra, with numerous cards that only interact with them.
Landmarks Legends of Runeterra that take up a space on the board, like units, but can't interact with the same mechanics as units - for example they can't Attack or Block (See also: 
Immobile), don't have 
Health or 
Power, and can't strike.Text that can affect Landmarks will explicitly refer to them.
Skill spell-like card that can be committed by a unit. Goes on the Spell Stack like a Fast or Slow spell.
Skills are committed to enact a unit's card text in a way that can be reacted to. If card text creates a Skill, there will usually be an 
icon before the text to indicate this.
The text of skills is usually written as if it's on the unit itself, but they count as their own card. In particular, damage dealt by a skill is not dealt by the generating unit.
Equipment Legends of Runeterra that equip to a unit (called Bearer) as a separate entity. While equipped, it shares the stats buffs also its positive keywords to its Bearer. (This sharing cannot be interacted with).
Equipment can be played by 
Spell Mana.
Collectable cards from 
Runeterra have a specified unique Origin card (or 'Origin') associated with them. Each distinct card in the deck with an Origin counts as one of the deck's regions. The Origin of these cards allows specific cards to be added to the deck regardless of their region.
Origins can also have an effect that is active from the start of the game and throughout, if there is a card with them in the deck at the start of the game