Riftbound Kennen deck guide: OGN-194 and OGN-195 core explained
A community guide to Kennen, Heart of the Tempest in Riftbound: League of Legends Trading Card Game describes an off-tempo deck built on OGN-194 and OGN-195. It also lists a Kennen win at Runes & Rift 25 Online.
A community guide to Kennen, Heart of the Tempest, the legend of an off-tempo deck in Riftbound: League of Legends Trading Card Game, breaks down how the build works and what each card is for. According to the guide, the deck is anchored by two units, OGN-194 and OGN-195, and a Kennen deck is listed as the winner of the Runes & Rift 25 Online tournament. None of this comes from an official publisher source, so treat it as community-reported strategy rather than confirmed information.
The legend
The guide presents Kennen, Heart of the Tempest as the only yordle member of the Kinkou. The legend's ability grants Assault 2 to a unit.
How the deck plays
The guide calls the play style off-tempo. Rather than racing, the deck keeps the opponent at bay while it builds explosive play patterns to develop its board.
It also runs a good amount of "Discard, then Draw" effects. If the hand is empty, those effects become a draw instead, so they stay useful late.
The two core units
According to the guide, OGN-194 and OGN-195 are the two core units of the deck, and they fill very different roles.
OGN-194 is the early power play. It can be summoned cheaply while Kennen digs through its deck.
OGN-195 is the late-game threat. It can be summoned for nothing once the trash holds ten or more cards, which makes trash size a key resource.
Cards that support the core
The guide says VEN-104, SFD-150 and SFD-140 let Kennen play cards from its trash in addition to its hand.
VEN-156 and RAD-129 fetch OGN-194, a 4-might unit, from the deck. Both are cheap, early plays. The signature spell, meanwhile, moves OGN-195 closer to coming down by sending cards to the trash.
Three battlefields back up the plan: OGN-298, SFD-212 and RAD-166. Other support listed includes OGN-185 and the champion unit VEN-113.
Chaos domain support
The Chaos domain cards in the list cover value, removal and scoring.
SFD-150 leads the value cards by allowing OGN-195 to be replayed from the trash. Removal is built around SFD-145 and UNL-128, which deal with large units in different ways.
OGN-173 is the scoring card. It pushes for the win when the opponent struggles to answer the board.
What is still unknown
Matchup data is not available yet. The guide's matchup table is to be updated after the first Radiance tournaments, so how this list fares against the rest of the field is still open.
What it means for players
- The deck's two core units are OGN-194, the cheap early play, and OGN-195, the late-game threat.
- Trash size matters: OGN-195 costs nothing to summon once the trash holds ten or more cards.
- Several cards, including VEN-104, SFD-150 and SFD-140, let the deck play from the trash as well as the hand.
- Look for the matchup table update after the first Radiance tournaments before drawing conclusions about the deck's standing.
Context
Riftbound: Radiance launches October 23, 2026 in English, French, and Chinese.
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