Lillia

Bashful Bloom

Calm

MindIntermediate

Lillia makes ready attackers cheaply, then uses movement to put permanent units where the next Hold matters. Fae Fawn and Sprite Fountain keep the Temporary bodies coming without treating them as permanent defenders.

Should you play Lillia?

Pick Lillia if you want immediate token pressure and movement that turns a temporary attack into a permanent Hold. Think twice if you prefer every unit you create to stay on the board.

Best for: Proactive players who enjoy planning unit locations, token expiry, and which permanent body needs to defend the next point.
Think twice if: You dislike tracking which Sprites are ready or exhausted, or tend to pass with only Temporary units protecting the next Hold.

Key Cards

Every friendly Temporary unit reduces the Legend's four-Energy activation by one. Fae Fawn supplies another Sprite whenever she moves away from a location, and Fountain makes a ready Sprite when played and another when it dies. The distinction matters: Fawn's Sprite normally enters exhausted, while the Legend's and Fountain's enter ready. Build the turn around what each body can do now and what will still be alive when you next score.

Lillia’s Field Guide

Lillia can put a lot of Might onto the board for a turn, but the best turns leave more behind than a pile of doomed Sprites. Bashful Bloom pays up to four Energy and exhausts to make a ready three-Might Temporary Sprite, with a one-Energy discount for each friendly Temporary unit already in play. Fae Fawn's movement and the other Sprite cards make that payment easier to afford. The catch is the next Beginning Phase: Temporary units die before you score your Holds. Use them to take points and defend through the opponent's turn, then arrange a permanent unit where you need the next Hold. Fawn, Student, and the larger units give the deck that second part.

How Lillia wins

Generate a ready attacker without spending the whole turn on it, then keep enough resources for the fight that follows. A Sprite can take an open battlefield, several can attack together, and Smoke and Mirrors can exchange one with a permanent unit at another location. That turns an early conquest into a battlefield you can actually hold. Ravenbloom Student grows as your spells resolve, making protection and draw spells contribute to combat as well as keeping the hand moving. When the opponent builds larger defenders, Watcher's reduction gives the Sprites a more manageable fight. The aim is to turn temporary board strength into real points, not to maximize the number of tokens you make before passing.

Key interactions

Make the cheap Sprite after the setup

Bashful Bloom · Sprite Fountain · Sprite Burst

Fountain costs two Energy and one Mind Power and makes a ready Sprite at base. That one Temporary unit reduces the Legend's next activation to three Energy; Fountain itself is Gear and does not count. Burst makes two ready Sprites for five Energy, which can reduce the subsequent activation to two. Count the units already present when paying, not the Sprite the ability is about to create. The Legend's ability and Burst require your own normal action window. Neither can be held as an unprepared surprise during the opponent's combat.

Use the swap to leave a real defender

Lillia, Fae Fawn · Smoke and Mirrors · Ravenbloom Student

Smoke swaps two units you control at different locations if at least one has Temporary, then draws a card. Swapping Fawn from base with a Sprite at your battlefield puts a permanent unit into the defense and makes another Sprite at the base she left. Neither swapped unit readies just for moving. Fawn's new Sprite enters exhausted, but still reduces the Legend's cost and can defend wherever it was legally created. Sometimes Student or Watcher is the better unit to bring into the field. Moving Watcher does not repeat its play effect, so make that choice for the body you need, not an extra reduction you will not get.

Carry the engine through the Beginning Phase

Sprite Fountain · Sprite Queen · Dusk Rose Lab

Fountain dies to Temporary at the start of your Beginning Phase and repeats its play effect, creating a fresh ready Sprite at base. That new Sprite arrived after the phase-start event, so it does not immediately die to Temporary in the same phase. Queen also makes a fresh ready Sprite at the start of the phase. Your older Temporary units still die before scoring. At Dusk Rose, you can use the Lab's kill payment on an old Sprite before its Temporary death resolves and draw from it, but keep another unit here if you want the Hold afterward.

Strengths

Ready Sprites let you add immediate pressure, while each existing Temporary unit can make the Legend's next body cheaper.
Movement can replace an expiring Sprite with a permanent defender and generate another token from Fawn in the same sequence.
Cheap draw and protection spells grow Student, so keeping a unit alive can also help it win the next exchange.

Weaknesses

A battlefield defended only by older Temporary units will empty before your next Hold. Plan the permanent replacement before passing.
Fawn's Sprites enter exhausted, and Smoke does not ready units. Counting every token as an immediate attacker overstates the turn.
The most useful protection still needs resources after token development. Spending everything on one more Sprite can expose the whole attack.

Shadow's Pick

Lillia tournament list by Sаndаlo

22nd place · RIFTBOUND SHOWDOWN SERIES - LUCCA, 2026-09-12

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Deck total $88.82

Legend (1)

1x$0.17 ea.

Runes (12)

6x$0.13 ea.
6x$0.12 ea.

Battlefields (3)

1x$0.28 ea.
1x$0.17 ea.
1x$0.07 ea.

Spells (23)

3x$2.78 ea.
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Energy
1
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Energy
1
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Energy
2
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Energy
1
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Energy
5
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Power
1
Energy
1
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Power
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Energy
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Power
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Energy
7
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Power
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Gear (8)

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Energy
2
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Power
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Energy
2
2x$0.35 ea.
Energy
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Units (9)

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Might
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Energy
3
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Might
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Energy
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Might
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Energy
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Might
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Energy
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Might
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Power
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Sideboard (10)

3x$0.35 ea.
Energy
1
2x$0.12 ea.
Might
4
Energy
4
1x$0.86 ea.
Power
2
Energy
6
1x$24.60 ea.
Power
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Energy
7
1x$0.18 ea.
Might
2
Power
1
Energy
3
1x$0.57 ea.
Energy
2
1x$1.80 ea.
Power
2
Energy
2

Shadow's take

This is my Lillia pick because the cheap permanent units give the Sprites a board worth fighting for. Student grows through the spell exchanges, while Mask of Foresight makes an isolated attack or defense harder to judge. I like Smoke and Mirrors as the link between those bodies and Fae Fawn: move a Sprite back from the battlefield, put Fawn there, and leave another Sprite at base from her movement trigger. The Temporary units make the Legend cheaper, while Fawn provides a holder that can survive to the next scoring step. Brutalizer can give a modest unit three extra Might on the turn it is attached, but that Equip payment needs to happen on your turn. Don't build a beautiful board of temporary attackers and then discover that nothing remains to hold.

The Game Plan

Early gameLook for Student, Poro, or Witness with a follow-up that can produce a Sprite. Fountain provides a ready attacker, and that Temporary unit reduces the Legend's activation to three Energy. Fae Fawn is available from the Champion Zone; paying Accelerate brings her total to four Energy and one Mind Power. Mask rewards a unit that starts a fight alone, while En Garde also improves a lone friendly unit. Grouping several Sprites in one lane can give up those bonuses, so decide which fight needs the extra body.
MidgameWith an exhausted Fawn at base and a Sprite at your battlefield, Smoke and Mirrors can exchange their locations. Fawn leaves another exhausted Sprite at base, so two Temporary units reduce the Legend's activation to two Energy. Smoke and that activation cost four Energy after the earlier setup, leaving a permanent holder and another ready Sprite. Keep resources for the actual response: Defy has a printed-cost limit, Discipline adds Might and draws, and Smoke Screen reduces an opposing fighter by four to a minimum of one. Brutalizer's attachment is an ordinary action, not a response to a pending spell.
Late gameChoose between the immediate attack and the next Hold. Charm can move a defender before the fight; Janna can heal friendly units at her location and move up to one enemy there to base when played. Neither a recalled unit nor an exhausted Sprite gets an automatic attack. If Unchecked Power is necessary, it exhausts every friendly unit before hitting all battlefield units for twelve. Budget a new ready Sprite afterward and preserve a permanent base unit for the next turn.

Battlefields

Keep a response for their turn

Targon's Peak

Peak readies up to two runes at the end of the turn when you conquer. Spend them during your turn when the later ready can cover a response, but remember that recycled runes are no longer there to ready. The resources do not arrive during the conquest fight.

Reward control of both lanes

Seat of Power

Seat draws for each other battlefield you or allies control when you conquer it. Take the other lane first when the board permits, but do not lose an easy point trying to arrange a draw that your remaining attackers cannot earn.

Cash in a body before scoring

Dusk Rose Lab

Lab can kill a friendly unit here at the start of your Beginning Phase to draw. A Sprite that would die to Temporary can be useful material if you order the pending effects appropriately. Keep a permanent holder behind; sacrificing the only unit here loses the Hold you were preparing.

Sideboard

Remove the larger fighter

Decree of Insight · Singularity · Unchecked Power

Insight gives an enemy Body unit -5 Might while ignoring Deflect in its payment. Singularity deals six to up to two units; the second Unchecked Power is a full battlefield reset that also exhausts your board. Swap toward the answer the opponent's units require, trimming a weaker combat trick before removing the permanent holders.

Break up Gear

Disarming Rake · Tomb-Raider Barbara

Rake can kill a Gear on play without a rune-count condition. Barbara needs seven runes and disempowers an empowered Gear instead of killing it. Use Rake when the engine needs an earlier answer, and bring Barbara when the game gives you time to meet its condition.

Protect the move that wins

Smoke and Mirrors · Lilting Lullaby

The third Smoke gives another exchange between locations, provided at least one of the two friendly units is Temporary. Lullaby counters a spell and stops that opponent playing further spells for the turn; units and abilities remain available. Make room among the less useful combat tricks when that protection matters more than another Might adjustment.