Cygnus the Moonstalker (Legends of Runeterra)

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Cygnus the Moonstalker
Region	Targon
Type	Follower
Cost	5 Mana
Card text
Description	Nightfall: Give an ally Elusive this round.
3 3
Collecting & Crafting
This card is collectible, and costs 1200 or 1
Flavour
The Lunari waited for nightfall and the safety it assured. The path ahead seemed deserted, but Cygnus knew the Solari camp lay just beyond. He gestured, and the others quietly fell in line behind him.
Expansion	Set 3 - Call of the Mountain
Rarity	Epic
ID	03MT047
Artist	JiHun Lee
Artwork	Primary

Lore

Cygnus leads the moon-worshipping Lunari defense against persecution from the sun-worshipping Solari. Principled and deeply compassionate, he's driven to defend his faith and his fellow Lunari.

Long ago, Cygnus met a young woman called 2 Lyra on the mountainside. She'd fled her warlike tribe in search of a new life with the spiritual Lunari. Impressed by her courage, Cygnus taught her to hide herself in moonlight, and to search out truth in darkness.

One morning, Lyra did not return home. Days passed, and Cygnus suspected the worst. He gathered the Lunari faithful to find her. They will not lose one of their own—not on his watch.

Trivia

• Internally, this card is called Resistance Leader or just Moonstalker.
• 1 Lunari Duskbringers are featured in the artwork.

Quotes

Summoned

• ▶️   "No peace till we have retribution."
• ▶️   "When the sun goes down, we strike."
• ▶️   "A life without freedom is not worth living."

Allied 2Diana present

• ▶️   Cygnus: "Long have we waited. When will we strike?"
  • ▶️   Diana: "Soon, a blood moon hails the sun's demise."
• ▶️   Cygnus: "We strike then the sun goes down."
  • ▶️   Diana: "Her light retreats, our time approaches."
• ▶️   Cygnus: "Tonight they'll pay for their crimes in blood."
  • ▶️   Diana: "So it has come to this."
• ▶️   Cygnus: "The Solari brought this bloodshed upon themselves."
  • ▶️   Diana: "This war is old as Solari and Lunari alike."

Enemy 5 Rahvun, Daylight's Spear present

• ▶️   Rahvun: "Back to your caverns! You are not safe here."
  • ▶️   Cygnus: "Your cruelty has roused us from our homes."
• ▶️   Rahvun: "Burn in the light of our justice Lunari!"
  • ▶️   Cygnus: "You are blind to think that you know justice!"

Allied 3 Lunari Priestess present

• ▶️   Cygnus: "Injustice must be met with action."
  • ▶️   Lunari Priestess: "Revolution is in the nature of moon and stars."

Allied 2 Lunari Shadestalker present

• ▶️   Lunari Shadestalker: "Cygnus! How I missed your light."
  • ▶️   Cygnus: "Thank the mother you're alright. What have you learned?"

Sees a Unit Summoned

Allied 2Diana

• ▶️   Cygnus: "Our most sacred champion."
  • ▶️   Diana: "Both mortal and divine are within me."

Enemy 5Leona

• ▶️   Leona: "Divine light shines within me."
  • ▶️   Cygnus: "What kind of divinity champions persecution."

Enemy 5 Rahvun, Daylight's Spear

• ▶️   Rahvun: "You are bold to show your face here Lunari!"
  • ▶️   Cygnus: "You won't best me or defeat our cause!"

Allied 3 Lunari Priestess

• ▶️   Lunari Priestess: "Your way is clear. Go now with her blessing."
  • ▶️   Cygnus: "My thanks. May she guide my blade."
• ▶️   Cygnus: "What do the heavens reveal?"
  • ▶️   Lunari Priestess: "A new moon brings new hope."

Allied 2 Lunari Shadestalker

• ▶️   Lunari Shadestalker: "Mother moon guide me."
  • ▶️   Cygnus: "Be brave, be quick, and please be careful Lyra."
• ▶️   Cygnus: "The hour approaches. It is nearly time."
  • ▶️   Lunari Shadestalker: "I will be your eyes."

Allied 1 Lunari Duskbringer

• ▶️   Lunari Duskbringer: "They forced us to choose: death or the blade."
  • ▶️   Cygnus: "They took Lyra. I have no choice."
• ▶️   Lunari Duskbringer: "They forced us to choose: death or the blade."
  • ▶️   Cygnus: "We can't just hope for change. We must fight for it."

Enemy 1 Solari Soldier

• ▶️   Solari Soldier: "Faith demands discipline and conviction."
  • ▶️   Cygnus: "If only your compassion rivaled your faith."

Summon effect

Summoned with Nightfall

• ▶️   "Night covers the land. Our time is now."
• ▶️   "Revolution by our hands."
• ▶️   "They cannot strike what they cannot see."
• ▶️   "Come, tonight will bring them to justice."

Attack Declared

• ▶️   "Under cover of night."
• ▶️   "Lunari, to me."
• ▶️   "Cloaked in moonlight"

Block Declared

• ▶️   "You won't stop us."
• ▶️   "We won't be silenced."
• ▶️   "We protect our own."

Death

• ▶️   "For freedom."
• ▶️   "Our cause."
• ▶️   Cygnus moans.

Media

• Gallery

Cygnus the Moonstalker "Legends of Runeterra" Concept (by Riot Artist Christopher 'Skeeziks' Campbell)

Change Log

Cygnus the Moonstalker
V4.4	Power reduced to 3 from 5. Is now Elusive. Text becomes: " Nightfall: Give an ally Elusive this round." Old text: " Nightfall: Give me and an ally Elusive this round."
V1.10	Power increased to 5 from 4. Health increased to 3 from 2.
V1.8	Added.

References

Legends of Runeterra