The first thing Relentless Storm does is hit you like it’s already mid-roar.
It doesn’t build tension. It detonates. The image doesn’t wait for you to find the mood—Volibear is the mood.
And the mood is fury. Blinding, divine, electric fury. There’s no horizon, no sky, no battlefield—just this godlike storm in a body, surging straight toward you.
If you’re not ready to be swallowed by rage, don’t look directly at it.
Illustration Breakdown
Artist Alex Flores chose violence. The composition is claustrophobic in the best way: Volibear’s face takes up nearly the entire frame, but it never feels static.
His lightning-wreathed mane is frozen in explosive motion, with jagged white-blue arcs crisscrossing the canvas like warpaint carved from raw current.
His eyes are drowned in white, not glowing but seething—like the kind of light that leaves permanent shadows in your vision.
His teeth aren’t just bared, they’re almost vibrating. You can hear the growl in the brushstrokes.
The arms are a masterclass in restraint: just enough visible to remind you this beast is armored and chained, yet still uncontainable. Sparks bleed from the metal bands.
The bolts streaking behind his head don’t illuminate the scene—they rip it apart. Flores doesn’t paint storm effects. He paints the storm itself.
Gameplay Integration
Mechanically, Relentless Storm is Volibear distilled. You’re rewarded for playing Mighty units—those with 5 or more power—by exhausting this card to channel one rune, even if it’s already exhausted.
That sounds simple, but it’s savage in rhythm. This isn’t a support card that taps politely when you’re done building.
It’s a rhythm piece. Every Mighty summon fuels your rune economy while Volibear keeps snarling from the legend zone, over and over again. No ramp. No passive scaling.
Just the pure feedback loop of dominance: hit hard, keep hitting, and build pressure through force.
That unrelenting feedback is exactly what’s depicted in the art—there’s no hint of pause, fatigue, or decision. Just action and re-action. Just relentless storm.
Collector Details / Value Mention
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Card Name: Relentless Storm
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Legend: Volibear
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Set Number: 300/298
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Rarity: Overnumbered
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Foil/Alt Art: Unknown at the time of writing
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Artist: Alex Flores
Being overnumbered alone already puts Relentless Storm into the chase pool, but pair that with playable synergy across rune channel builds and Mighty archetypes, and it becomes a double-threat: both collector bait and competitive staple.
Even if Volibear ends up on the fringe of the meta, this card’s visual identity and central role in aggressive rune strategies will keep it relevant.
Relentless Storm isn’t here to tell a story. It’s here to punch a hole in the sky—and let the story thunder through after it.
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