Riftbound: The League of Legends TCG: Set Releases
New set previews, mechanics breakdowns, precon reviews, draft archetypes.
October 2026
2 posts
Riftbound Radiance Pre-Rift Guide: Kit, Legends, Rulings
Riot's 12 October Pre-Rift article names all nine seeded Legends, Riven's included, rules the Heimerdinger promo out of your deck, and settles four card interactions early. This is the Radiance-specific layer on top of the standard Sealed rules, plus the one Signature-gear question worth asking your judge.
Riftbound Radiance Legends Revealed, by Domain Pair
All nine of Radiance's Legend cards are now in Riot's Card Gallery, ninth being Riven's The Exile on Calm and Chaos. None of them is on a rival pair. Here is each Legend's domains and text, and what Radiance does to the Legend grid.
September 2026
3 posts
Riftbound Radiance: Deploy, Show Off and Disarm Explained
Riot's 25 September Radiance Overview is the first time this vertical has had actual mechanics to report instead of a disclaimer. Three new keywords, a Legend who turns Gear into Units, a token that chain-detonates, and an Ultimate Rare Riot says is deliberately harder to pull than the last one.
Riftbound Radiance Preview Season: The Full Schedule
Riot opened Radiance preview season on 18 September with a two-broadcast teaser, then published the real schedule: 109 distinct creators, streamers and press outlets (115 listed slots), each assigned a date between 25 September and 10 October to show off pieces of Set 5. Preview season is now over. Here is the full day-by-day list as Riot published it, plus the two official tools - the Card Gallery and the #RBRadiance hashtag - built to track it.
Riftbound Korea Launch Date and the Korean Standard Format
Riot announced on 2 September that Riftbound reaches South Korea on 18 September, starting from Origins while the rest of the world is five weeks from Radiance. The interesting part is not the date - it is that Korea gets its own constructed format, and a release schedule that has to fit seven sets into 2027 to catch up.
