Vocabs (Legends of Runeterra)/Nightfall

A unit card with keyword Nightfall.

Nightfall is a keyword in Legends of Runeterra.

EditIf you have ALREADY played the card in a round, it is YOUR Night for that round.

While in your Night, if you play a Nightfall unit or spell, it will trigger Nightfall effect, after its Play effect (if any).

Spells that only have Nightfall effects can only be played if in your Night. Fizzle will not affect the player's Night.

Notes

• Day and Night is not a binary state of the game. It is still possible to trigger Nightfall when 5 Rahvun, Daylight's Spear is active.
• Nightfall, in Targon, is thematically associated with the divine power of the Lunari faith, the shift of power towards them, the moon, subtlety, assault under the cover of night, and subterfuge.
• In the Shadow Isles, the keyword is largely associated with 4Nocturne's use of shadow magic, and the associated dread and nightmarish creations.
  • Because of the large link to dread and fear, the cards that use the keyword in the Isles have a large link to Fearsome, and attacking with large swarms. This thematic is also, secondarily, linked to draining small amounts of life.

Development

“	"When we first tested, I had people come up to me afterwards to say how awesome/flashy day was, but they were nervous about the difficulty of using night, while a second group approached me to say how clever night felt, but day was too obvious. This convinced me of both mechanics."
	— Shawn 'Eyebrow Poro' Main

• Riot Eyebrow Poro has spoke about how Nightfall cards' design is intentionally "clever" and "difficult", in direct thematic contrast to Daybreak.

Trivia

• Nightfall is mostly present on Burst spells and units. 2 Unspeakable Horror is the only exception as of Set 3.
  • In addition, cards that are designed to be synergistic with Nightfall, particularly in Targon, tend to be Burst, such as 1 Duskpetal Dust. This allows for it to become night and for a Nightfall card to be activated in the same turn.

List of cards with keyword Nightfall

	Name	Type	Subtype	Region(s)				Rarity
03MT013	Moonlight Affliction	Spell		Targon	5			Common
03MT035	Pale Cascade	Spell		Targon	2			Common
03MT047	Cygnus the Moonstalker	Unit		Targon	5	3	3	Epic
03MT056	Diana	Unit		Targon	2	2	2	Champion
03MT056T1	Diana	Unit		Targon	2	3	3
03MT056T2	Diana's Pale Cascade	Spell		Targon	2
03MT063	Moondreamer	Unit		Targon	5	3	6	Common
03MT075	Lunari Priestess	Unit		Targon	3	2	2	Rare
03MT089	Crescent Guardian	Unit		Targon	3	3	3	Rare
03MT094	Lunari Shadestalker	Unit		Targon	2	2	3	Common
03MT100	Eclipse Dragon	Unit	Dragon	Targon	7	7	7	Rare
03MT217	Aphelios	Unit		Targon	3	3	3	Champion
03MT217T13	Aphelios	Unit		Targon	3	4	4
03MT220	The Cloven Way	Unit		Targon	4	4	3	Rare
03SI001	Evershade Stalker	Unit		Shadow Isles	2	2	2	Epic
03SI002	Unspeakable Horror	Spell		Shadow Isles	2			Common
03SI003	Stygian Onlooker	Unit	Bird	Shadow Isles	1	2	1	Common
03SI005	Nocturne	Unit		Shadow Isles	4	5	3	Champion
03SI005T3	Nocturne's Unspeakable Horror	Spell		Shadow Isles	2
03SI006	Doombeast	Unit		Shadow Isles	3	3	2	Common
03SI010	Duskrider	Unit		Shadow Isles	4	3	4	Rare
04MT015	Heavens Aligned	Spell		Targon	1			Common
04SI011	Unto Dusk	Spell		Shadow Isles	2			Rare
06MT038	The Winding Light	Unit		Targon	7	6	5	Common
06MT042	Twilit Protector	Unit	Bird	Targon	2	2	2	Rare
06SI041	Moonlit Glenkeeper	Unit		Shadow Isles	3	2	3	Common
08MT027	Herald of Celestial Convergence	Unit	Bird	Targon	8	5	8	Epic

List of cards granting Nightfall

	Name	Type	Subtype	Region(s)				Rarity
No corresponding cards found.

List of cards related to Nightfall

	Name	Type	Subtype	Region(s)				Rarity
03MT056	Diana	Unit		Targon	2	2	2	Champion
03MT056T1	Diana	Unit		Targon	2	3	3
03MT073T1	Duskpetal Dust	Spell		Targon	1
03MT216	The Sky Shadows	Unit		Targon	2	3	1	Common
03SI005	Nocturne	Unit		Shadow Isles	4	5	3	Champion
03SI010	Duskrider	Unit		Shadow Isles	4	3	4	Rare
04SI011	Unto Dusk	Spell		Shadow Isles	2			Rare
04SI018	The Twisted Treeline	Landmark		Shadow Isles	3			Epic
06MT042	Twilit Protector	Unit	Bird	Targon	2	2	2	Rare
08MT027	Herald of Celestial Convergence	Unit	Bird	Targon	8	5	8	Epic

List of cards generating Nightfall cards

	Name	Type	Subtype	Region(s)				Rarity
03SI002	Unspeakable Horror	Spell		Shadow Isles	2			Common
03SI005T3	Nocturne's Unspeakable Horror	Spell		Shadow Isles	2
04MT015	Heavens Aligned	Spell		Targon	1			Common

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