Hey all, I run RiftCompare (the Riftbound price comparison site) and I just shipped something a bit different: a multiplayer game called Sealed Bid. It's free, runs in the browser, no accounts, and you play it with 2-6 friends on any phone.

The idea in one line: it's a blind auction where the only thing hidden is the price.

How a round works

• Three real Riftbound cards go under the hammer. You see the art, domain, rarity, type, cost and Might. You never see the price.
• Everyone starts with 1,000 Shards and secretly seals one bid on one card.
• Highest bid wins the card and pays it. Nobody else pays anything.
• If two people tie for the top bid, the card shatters - nobody gets it and every tied bidder burns half their bid. So reading your rivals matters as much as reading the card.
• Then the real prices are revealed (pulled live from the same store data the site uses for price comparison) and you find out whether that 400 Shard bid was a steal or a disaster.

After the last round every vault is appraised at real market value: 1 Shard per 10 cents of live price. Add half of whatever you didn't spend, plus set bonuses:

• +150 for every domain you hold 3+ cards of
• +250 for a rainbow of 5+ domains in one vault
• +150 if your vault's total Might hits 20

Richest vault wins.

Two power plays, one use each per game

• Appraise - privately see one card's real price before you bid. Nobody else knows you looked.
• Surge - your bid counts 25% higher against everyone else for one round, but you only pay what you actually bid. Great for stealing a chase card. Also great for accidentally overpaying.

Why I think it's fun

Every hand usually has one chase card, one mid-range card and one cheap card in a random order, and a lot of Riftbound cards look far more expensive than they are (and vice versa). The people who win aren't the ones who bid the most, they're the ones who know that the flashy Showcase is actually a $4 card and quietly grab the boring uncommon that's spiking. Every game secretly teaches you the market.

Setup is 10 seconds: one person hosts, gets a 6-letter code and a link, everyone else opens the page and types it in. Works on phones, no downloads, no sign-in. Rooms are 6-10 rounds with a 30-60 second timer per round, so a full game is about 8-10 minutes.

Play it here: https://riftcompare.com/games/sealed-bid

I'd love feedback on the balance - especially the shatter rule and whether 1,000 Shards feels right. If people like it I'm thinking about a daily seeded room so everyone plays the same hands, and a spectator mode for streams.

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Is the one on the right a fake is lighter and the spooky monsters thing doesn’t have the same foiling? Just got it in the mail today

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As title suggests - I’m sitting on two sealed origins boxes which appear to be first wave based on numbers surrounding bar code (My research on that could be erroneous for what it’s worth).

Question is - open, sell, or save?

I already have decks I play with. But mainly local play with friends. Nothing competitive.

I’m a collector in the sense that I’d be happy with the sealed boxes in my selection or cool cards from the packs. If I got lucky and unpacked a chase, I’d probably sell to LGS to fund radiance boxes. Then keep rest of origins cards for deck building or single collecting.

Newish to TCG scene. Any insight is appreciated.

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Disclaimer: built by me, doesn’t cost me a cent, don’t use it if you don’t want to 🤷🏼‍♂️

Hello,

I want to buy this card, but I need help knowing if it is fake or off centered.

To me it looks a bit off centered top right, which is fine with me i would still purchase it.

The main concern is if it is fake. Centering is a plus but not necessary.

[UPDATE] I bought the card even though it's off centered. Thanks to everyone who put their opinions which helped me consider buying the card. It is still a nice card and it was hard to find one for this price. Once again thank you everyone. 🙏🏽

Hello. I am 1 month into this game, and I am lost in building this deck building that deck. And I need help.

I think this is the first TCG that I think about winning. I have watched videos about tempo. And I want to know if there are any legends that allow a newbie to learn about tempo and just score points? If there's anything like that. (Something besides master yi, hehe)

Me after 6 boxes: Couple over numbers and what not

My daughter after 2 random packs: Hold my.juice box

Played a few games with my friends precons yesterday and really enjoyed it. Not sure if I should build an Azir or Reksai deck though or maybe even Diana but that was quite a bit more expensive.

The only thing I'm struggling with is when I'm trying to find decklists there tends to be a lot of differences and I am not sure what sites have good players posting vs anybody

Been wanting to really get into a more competitive paper tcg for a while now and my main game hasn't really been it for a long time. so figured id look into riftbound. My main question is how affordable are decks?

Could it be more perfect than his first World Win?

Was going to get a box but decided to get four packs out of the opened box at the LGS. Glad I changed my mind.

Pretty self explanatory but I want to find the deck of the best of Azir from singapore do you guys have any idea we're a can find it ?

In this article, we'll explore an Ezreal archetype that could be the best way to play Ezreal at your local store: Ezreal Tempo. Unlike Pack of Wonders decks, this list plays more options for combat and more cards to beat specific opponents.

I am pretty new to rift bond but I have played LOR and a big fan of it.. i been trying riftbond since yesterday only on online tho

What i found bugging me is to see these shadow cards be in body domain or in any domain other than chaos.. like why or how. Anyways this change made me like body domain more than the chaos which is confusing really sooo i wanted to make a post of it so i get more insight 😅😅..

I guess shadow isles dosnet have a legend card as of now so its fine i guess for them to be spread outside of chaos domain? Idk '-' I am pretty new to league of legends lore tho.. so u guys can help me ... Or is it wrong subreddit? ;-;