Arknight Descendancy (Blue)

Arknight Descendancy is a Viserai specialization, and can only be included in decks where the hero’s moniker is Viserai, and they can legally include Shadow Runeblade cards in their deck.

Arknight Descendancy has a play-static ability that reduces the cost to play it by the number of Runechants you control, including Runechant tokens and cards that Count as a Runechant (for example, Runechant of Envy).

Arknight Descendancy’s play-static ability is functional regardless of the zone from which Arknight Descendancy is played. For example, if you control 3 Runechants and are able to play Arknight Descendancy from your banished zone, it will cost (5 – 3 = 2) to play.

Arknight Descendancy has a triggered ability with the criteria that it is banished from anywhere. When this trigger resolves, it generates an optional effect: you may pay up to 3. If you pay any amount of in this way, you will then create as many Runechant tokens as declared for this optional effect. If the amount of lost is changed by some replacement effect, the number of Runechant tokens created would not change. There is no priority window in between deciding to pay any amount of and creating that many Runechant tokens.

If an opponent’s effect banishes Arknight Descendancy, ‘you’ refers to the owner of Arknight Descendancy. The owner will control the trigger and generate the optional effect by paying up to 3.