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Jhin
Virtuoso · Spell crescendo · Advanced
Jhin banishes expensive spells and cashes them in for a massive payoff once four are stored, rewarding patient spell sequencing.
Playstyle
Fury pressures through spell damage and Mind provides the spell density to feed the engine. Jhin wants to cast costlier spells, store them away, then unleash the accumulated power in one devastating turn.
What Makes This Legend Different
Virtuoso: "When you play a spell, if you spent or more, you may banish it. Then, if there are four spells banished with me, put each in its trash, channel 4 runes, and draw 1."
Jhin rewards planning; the Legend ability helps you turn sequencing and card flow into better battlefield decisions.
Strengths
- Huge payoff turn
- Strong spell synergy
- Rewards careful sequencing
Watch Outs
- Needs four spells stored
- Slow without the payoff
- Requires expensive spells to fuel
Game Plan
- 1Early: establish cards that support the Fury / Mind identity.
- 2Midgame: use pressure and combat damage to force early decisions while using Mind cards to keep the plan stable.
- 3Late: convert the strongest battlefield position into Hold points instead of chasing every fight.
Pick Jhin if you like building toward one dramatic turn where everything fires at once.
Starter Deck
Jhin does not currently have a preconstructed starter deck in the Hextech starter deck library.
Build from Scratch →Best of Legend Deck
Mtt-大飞 · Jhin, Virtuoso
10 · Mtt-大飞 · S3 Qingdao City Challenge
Legend (1 card)
- 1x Virtuoso
Units (11 cards)
- 3x Plundering Poro
- 3x Watchful Sentry
- 1x Jhin, Meticulous Killer
- 2x Jhin, Meticulous Killer
- 2x Ekko, Recurrent
Spells (25 cards)
- 3x Downstage Dramatics
- 2x Consult the Past
- 3x Curtain Call
- 3x Deadly Flourish
- 3x Rocket Barrage
- 2x Falling Comet
- 3x Sprite Burst
- 2x Singularity
- 2x Unchecked Power
- 2x Time Warp
Gear (4 cards)
- 2x Seal of Insight
- 2x Sprite Fountain
Runes (12 cards)
- 12x Mind Rune
Battlefields (3 cards)
- 1x Forgotten Library
- 1x Power Nexus
- 1x Vaults of Helia
Sideboard (8 cards)
- 3x Turn to Dust
- 3x Diana, Lunari
- 1x Singularity
- 1x Unchecked Power
Best of Legend Key Cards
![Riftbound Spell: Curtain Call. [Repeat] — [1] / [A] / [1][A] (You may pay each additional cost to repeat this spell's effect.)
Choose one you haven't already chosen —
- Draw 1.
- Deal 2 to a unit at a battlefield.
- Deal 3 to a unit at a base.
- Give a unit at a battlefield -4 [S] this turn.](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcmsassets.rgpub.io%2Fsanity%2Fimages%2Fdsfx7636%2Fgame_data_live%2F01496068d9a8d5567672d802bd008297bd1fe8cc-744x1039.png&w=2048&q=75)
Curtain Call
Mtt-大飞's Jhin list plays 3 copies of this Spell. Its text says, "[Repeat] — / / (You may pay each additional cost to repeat this spell's effect.) Choose one you haven't already chosen..." That is useful because it keeps the deck moving through card selection or extra cards.
![Riftbound Spell: Sprite Burst. Play two ready 3 [S] Sprite unit tokens with [Temporary]. (Kill each at the start of its controller's Beginning Phase, before scoring.)](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcmsassets.rgpub.io%2Fsanity%2Fimages%2Fdsfx7636%2Fgame_data_live%2F4427ceffae1c3e7b012167461ce7c080bb2c1fe4-744x1039.png&w=2048&q=75)
Sprite Burst
Mtt-大飞's Jhin list plays 3 copies of this Spell. Its text says, "Play two ready 3 Sprite unit tokens with [Temporary]. (Kill each at the start of its controller's Beginning Phase,..." That is useful because it turns resources into removal or lethal combat math.
![Riftbound Unit: Watchful Sentry. [Deathknell] — Draw 1. (When I die, get the effect.)](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcmsassets.rgpub.io%2Fsanity%2Fimages%2Fdsfx7636%2Fgame_data_live%2Fd84da2c62b1e218a0a74b227c49ce8a953918ebd-744x1039.png&w=2048&q=75)
Watchful Sentry
Mtt-大飞's Jhin list plays 3 copies of this Unit. Its text says, "[Deathknell] — Draw 1. (When I die, get the effect.)" That is useful because it keeps the deck moving through card selection or extra cards.