Professor von Yipp (Legends of Runeterra)

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Professor von Yipp
Region	Piltover and Zaun
Type	Follower — Cat
Cost	4 Mana
Card text
Description	When you summon a 1 cost ally, grant it +2|+2.
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Collecting & Crafting
This card is collectible, and costs 300 or 1
Flavour
"Today I present to the committee my newest invention, as demonstrated by my esteemed colleague..."
Expansion	Set 1 - Foundations
Rarity	Rare
ID	01PZ023
Artist	SIXMOREVODKA
Artwork	Primary HD League Displays

Lore

Professor von Yipp was once one of Piltover's brightest minds, though his unconventionally fuzzy form overshadowed his razor-sharp intellect. Ridiculed for his looks and forced to attribute his ideas to his human colleagues, he soon grew weary of academia.

Thus he went to Zaun, where progress needs no propriety. There, he turned his genius towards augmentation and found a kindred spirit in the brilliant and ambitious Viktor. It was from him that von Yipp first learned of a powerful new technology known as "hextech".

Note

• Whether or not the effect activates is based on the card's cost as it enters play, not its original cost. This can be seen in Lab of Legends, as the Foundry starts with Professor von Yipp in play and has a power that reduces the cost of all cards.

Trivia

• 5Heimerdinger is featured in the artwork.
• Professor von Yipp was named after Legends of Runeterra's design director, Andrew 'Umbrage' Yip.
• To Herd A Cat reveals that Professor Andrej von Yipp used a machine to swap bodies with his cat Mauczka, but it broke quickly after resulting in both of them being stuck in each other's bodies.
• Despite being the focus of the card's artwork, the "man" is actually Mauczka in Professor von Yipp's body and the cat is Professor von Yipp in Mauczka's body.
• Professor von Yipp is voiced by Jason Spisak, who also voices 1 Fallen Feline, 5 Subpurrsible, 3 Nyandroid, 1 Mageseeker Conservator, and 5Vladimir.

Quotes

Summoned

• ▶️   Cat meows. "Quite right, quite right."
• ▶️   "Perhaps we should... pause (paws) for thought?" Cat meows, annoyed and unamused.
• ▶️   "Uh- like this?" Cat meows angrily. "Oh I see."

Allied 3 Nyandroid present

• ▶️   Cat meows.
  • Assistant: "Quite right, quite right."
    • ▶️   Nyandroid: "The old fool is the purrfect cover."
• ▶️   Cat meows.
  • Assistant: "Quite right, quite right."
    • ▶️   Nyandroid: "Indeed I am. MEOW! Good kitty."
• ▶️   Assistant: "Uh- like this?"
  • Cat meows angrily.
    • Assistant: "Oh I see."
      • ▶️   Nyandroid: "Around the loop! AROUND! Argh."
• ▶️   Nyandroid: "Pet me! No, with your eyes, you fool!"
  • ▶️   Assistant: "Uh- like this?"
    • Cat meows angrily.
      • Assistant: "Oh I see."

Attack Declared

• ▶️   Cat meows. "Very risky indeed."
• ▶️   Cat hisses and growls. "Don't touch that!"

Block Declared

• ▶️   Cat hisses and growls. "Stay back!"
• ▶️   Cat hisses and growls. "You're interrupting!"

Death

• ▶️   "Oh dear!"
• ▶️   "My tenure..."

Media

• Gallery

Professor von Yipp "Legends of Runeterra" Splash Concept (by Riot Contracted Artists Sixmorevodka Studio)

Change Log

Professor von Yipp
V4.5	Added Cat subtype.
Announce Preview Patch	Added.

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