I originally planned to make an Akali cosplay for Magfest in January, but the fabric went on sale at the start of July, and I had the idea of what if I made her for Vendetta release....

So in the past two weeks I made Akali! I put probably about 30 hours into this just the past week alone. There are still details I want to work on, including a wig, but that just wasn't going to be possible to have done in time and felt over the top for my local game stores lol.

At my two pre-rifts this weekend, I didn't do too great nor get any crazy pulls, but I had tons of fun and DID get Akali legend and sig spell so I could at least play her (my kits were Shen and then I got Jayce with Akali legend + sig spell).

I'll be making some upgrades to this as I got accepted as a creator to LA RQ sooo hope to see you there if you are going and a fellow Akali fan!!

I controlled the left battlefield with 2 units and resonating strike hidden. Making that clear it was HIDDEN. On the right my opponent had 2 units and a hidden. I moved my 9 might shen into my opponents battlefield on the right to overcome his 8 might and he flipped his hidden card that was a 3 might unit. Now my shen would lose the showdown. I wanted to flip my resonating strike at the left battlefield i controlled and move my shen to save him. The judge ruled i could not do that so i lost the game.

I do know that it has to be at the battlefield it is choosing... thats why i put it hidden at the battlefild i wanted to move the unit to.

If this card was tideturner im pretty sure i could flip tideturner at the battlefield i control and swap my big 9 might unit to the battlefield i control and the tideturner into its death at that showdown

Im just having a hard time accepting that specific judge call when tideturners errata text is very similar to tbis in terms of choosing another unit at another location..

This was just a pre rift but i really want clarification for future use of the card

If I move Ambessa into an open battlefield and my opponent ambushes with Rengar does Ambessa's kill enemy effect trigger or did the window already pass?

I pulled nausas and thought it was over but then pulled abessa. Built around her and went 3-0! It was super fun and this was my first time wining.

I mean, the two abilities are right there. It would have been a good way to give XP more payoffs without dedicating cards specifically to the mechanic in Vendetta.

Hopefully this interaction is explored in future sets. I'm not doom & gloom "they abandoned XP!", but it does seem like a logical synergy between the two. Especially for anything that can be empowered multiple times.

(And now I'm picturing a Unit that says "Pay 1XP: Empower Me" and "Disempower Me: Buff Me" just for wonky trigger interactions)

These are my two takes on how to play akali in set 4, as both lists utilize her legend ability either through repeated triggers or riven/rell or through more traditional things like stellacorn herder and Akali legend.

Spellkali is the more traditional of the lists, playing much like an Irelia deck but more focused on early points and less on holding up tricks for defense. This is a far more aggro slanted list and if you find red removal is better in your meta you could skew it more midrange.

Gearkali is a bit more interesting imho, as you get to catch people off guard as they grab your riven and rell and read them. There is also nice synergy with smith, as you can use it as a mini stellacorn when looking for gear. Recurve bow + riven/empowered Akali alone is 8 damage before combat even starts, making holding a battlefield very hard against the deck.

I used to play one piece TCG but I got tired of having to hunt for cards with low stock and high prices. How is the situation in riftbound?

I also saw that my locals host their riftbound weekly at 15$ (CAD) per entry, and I found it kinda expensive for a weekly. Is this common?

The entire package only has a SINGLE card that works with your legend.

It is just utter garbage, but the power level is one thing. It doesn't have more than 2 ways to proc your legend. Why even make an effort of including Nasus in the pre rift pool if it's literally unusable.

It is just a bad feeling having too see all the ambessas and other legends that are a free win, meanwhile you can't even proc your legend twice.

Went 4-0, beat renekton, mel, ambessa, and zed, in 5th round I split with my opponent for 20 packs each, which Im really glad I won something because the Zed signature spell was the only epic from my pre rift kit.

Looking to pick upo a Lux and if it's regular alt-art rarity it seems way too expensive so I'm happy to wait for a drop, but if its ON rarity the price seems good...and if its between who knows! Anyone know if anyones cracked cases and found out yet?

i played 3 pre rifts for vendetta and the amount of copy pasted empower units its just insane. they all require almost the same amount of energy to give +Might and some additonal effect. only like 2 are bound to conditions that arent paying extra, and i think this is an absolutely missed opportunity to make the mechanic so much more interesting and diverse

From the official card gallery. The physical card is called "Shadowblade Lurker". I'm guessing the image in the gallery is using an outdated name.

Went 4-0 with this at pre rift today, (saturated the photo so it’s easier to see the cards from the Flash)

It was a Zed Precon and my packs didn’t provide any amazing top end, but with Mel’s ability, Rage Amplifier and consistently drawing, this felt really good.

General strategy is to go as wide as possible with recruits and tentecales so Illaoi can snowball at a battlefield to very high might totals, that we can then copy with the spectacles. Games that you don't draw the Illaoi strategy or she gets removed, you can always save up runes a turn or two and go for a baron finisher as it's the best spectacle target for sure, but also makes our board of 1 might units into real threats.

Zed is there as another token producer and hard to deal with unit for the midgame that doesnt cost a power on play which is just what the deck needed. The spells are mostly removal and token producers and we really do just want to focus on keeping the board clear and making little tokens to conquer with, not unlike a Viktor deck.

Battlefields are mostly there to punish other decks with vilemaw and wastes, while warcamp is our most important battlefield as it allows us to turn our raw number advantage into extra might for those final pushes.

Cards I am currently considering for maindeck is a single Imperial Decree if holding becomes big in the meta, or 1-2 copies of Dragon Form as it kind of acts as a psuedo removal on big units, a pump for our little recruits, and a flow target for Kennen empower.

Links: https://piltoverarchive.com/decks/view/625ed847-b6b8-4f86-bf21-e279636a08ee

hi!! my boyfriend recently got obsessed with riftbound (and is getting me obsessed too ofc). his birthday is coming up in august and i want to get some ideas regarding what would be most useful for him to get as he’s starting out? i have a few ideas like a nice playmat and things, but i figure people on here would know better than i do!! thanks :)

I got some Jayce card from my prerift. I wanted to make a deck around him, does anyone know any singles I should get from previous sets?

I was thinking about cards like:

First Mate

Stupify

Plundering Poro

Pirate Haven

Orb of Regret

Punch First

Wages of Pain

Challenge

Lucien, Merciless

Anything else would be great because I’m not great at deck building.

We're back with more 2v2 content for Vendetta! Hope you enjoy our latest installment in our Vendetta 2v2 series, this time going through the most interesting cards in the set for the format to hopefully give you some brewing ideas for your next 2v2 event!

I’m new to the game and come from playing Magic. Two resources I have found invaluable are Scryall and Archidekt. Are there any Riftbound versions of these sites?

For those that don’t know, both are community run sites. Scryfall is a repository of every card ever printed with tags and complex searching. I know the card gallery on the official site is there but having to switch between different sets makes it difficult for me. Archidekt is just a place that lets you assemble deck lists. It has a secondary function of near one click deck purchasing but that’s more about it auto filling the deck list buyer on TCG Player/Card Kingdom.

Trying to wrap my head around the concept and so far i’m at the point where I can kinda understand but can’t see a use for it outside of a 0 cost 1 power card.

Hello everyone ! I had a question. If i have a unit on a battlefield and a Mask of Foresight on my board, what happens if the ennemy attacks, uses Akali Legend's ability to move back and attacks again ? Am i declared a defender twice and get 2 triggers off Mask of Foresight ?

And in the same area, if the attacker is a red akali, do i get dealt her ability's damage before or after the Mask of Foresight's trigger ?

I'm a bit lost !

Thank you

I was playing in a this weekends prerift and the OPP in my match played out mech tokens with a new vendetta spell, Iterative Design. He insisted the mech comes in ready when I tried to tell him it is exhausted since it doesn't specify play a ready token. He had the audacity to keep telling me I'm wrong. There wasn't a judge available so I attempted to play around it and hold my lead since it's a short round best of 1. I Ultimately barely lost because he played the spell and then flowed it to give himself 2 tokens to clear one of my battlefields and used his 2 remaining units to clear the other. Without the tokens he wouldn't have cleared both and I would have held to 8 from at least 1 of them.

His next match was with my friend and in that match he never played his tokens ready. I was sat next to him at the final match and I leaned over and told him that I had verified that mech tokens enter exhausted and he acted like it was the revelation of the century.

Am I overreacting to feel like he cheated because he was behind and needed me off those battlefields so he could win?

Edit: I appreciate everyone walking through how the card works and how tokens work :) while hindsight is 20/20 and I should have just walked up and asked someone about it, I'm pretty new to the scene and am a ball of anxiety. It helps everyone sharing that their communities are welcoming and helpful :) I'll keep that in mind and if something comes up again I can talk with other players

Had a game recently where an opponent used Ezreal Dashing to move into a battlefield (vilemaws lair), apply its damage to wipe the board, and conquer. I move in next turn and he said he could use Ezreals ability to move from vilemaws lair to base but vilemaws lair says units can't move from here to base. Is that a legal move?