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OVERVIEW

Nine-Tailed Fox is a Calm/Mind hold-scoring control deck. The Legend's passive taxes every attacker (-1 Might), stacking with Ahri, Inquisitive's -2 on combat and your stun spells to make enemy units toothless. Ahri, Alluring earns 1 free point every turn she holds a battlefield. Win through patience and attrition — you don't need to conquer; you need to survive long enough that the enemy can't reach you.

YOUR LEGEND'S ABILITY

When an enemy unit attacks a battlefield you control, give it -1 Might this turn (minimum 1). This passive fires on every attack. Combined with Ahri, Inquisitive (-2 on combat), a 4-Might attacker hits you for only 1 effective Might. Use this to hold battlefields cheaply, enabling Fox-Fire to wipe clusters of weakened units (total Might 4 or less) for free.

EARLY GAME

Turn 1-3: Establish board presence safely. Open Charm to push their strongest unit to a contested battlefield you're not defending. Ahri, Inquisitive on turn 3 is your ideal opener — a 3/3 that drains -2 Might from any unit she engages, on top of the Legend's -1.

Charm a threatening unit away from where Ahri, Alluring will hold

Solari Shieldbearer on entry stuns a unit immediately — chains with Fox-Fire later

Hold Zhonya's Hourglass face-down as a hidden safety net to save Ahri from removal

MID GAME

Turn 4-5: Land Ahri, Alluring and protect her. Every turn she holds = +1 point with zero combat. Surround her with Taric, Protector who spreads Shield to all friendlies at that battlefield.

Sona, Harmonious at turn 4 readies 4 runes at end of your turn — leaves Reaction mana open every round

Solari Shrine triggers draw whenever you kill a stunned unit — fuel your hand

Janna, Savior played as a Reaction: bounce one attacker back to base mid-combat and heal your survivors

LATE GAME

Turn 6+: Eclipse Herald closes the game. Each stun (Rune Prison, Zenith Blade, Solari Shieldbearer) readies him and adds +1 Might. Three stuns in one turn = a 10-Might ready attacker. When your opponent nears 7-8 points, Leona, Zealot enters ready and stunned units at her battlefield suffer -8 Might.

Yasuo, Remorseful deals direct damage equal to his Might when he attacks — pair with stuns to pick off defenders before combat

Fox-Fire (Hidden) wipes clusters of weakened units whose total Might is 4 or less — easy after the Legend's passive drains them

KEY COMBOS

Legend passive (-1) + Ahri, Inquisitive (-2 on combat) = -3 total on any unit at her battlefield. A 4-Might threat becomes a 1-Might threat.

Rune Prison (stun) then pass, then Fox-Fire (Hidden, 0 cost) = free board wipe on their turn while they're stuck

Zenith Blade (stun + move your unit) + Solari Shrine = stun, move Ahri into their battlefield, kill the stunned unit, draw 1

Eclipse Herald + 3 stun spells in one turn = 9-Might body, still ready, attacks before they can react

MULLIGAN GUIDE

✓ KEEP: Charm, Ahri Inquisitive, Solari Shieldbearer, Meditation, Rune Prison

✗ SEND BACK: Eclipse Herald, Leona Zealot, Yasuo Remorseful, Fox-Fire (alone without stun setup)

★ IDEAL HAND: Charm + Ahri Inquisitive + Zhonya's Hourglass (or Block)

TIPS

Never attack with Ahri, Alluring. Holding is her win condition. Protect her with Taric and Block; let the rest of the board do the fighting.

Position Ahri, Alluring at the battlefield most likely to be attacked — the Legend's tax fires on every attacker, making those points cheap to hold.

Sona's end-of-turn rune ready effectively gives free Reaction mana every round — always keep Charm, Block, or Meditation in hand.

Fox-Fire is strongest played Hidden on the opponent's turn, hitting exhausted units grouped at one battlefield after a failed attack.

Janna, Savior counts as a Reaction — use her mid-combat to bounce the strongest attacker back to base before damage resolves.

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