Riftbound Time Rules Update
China will be trialling a new round timer in their first regional open of 2026 (January 17th-18th) after finding that the proportion of matches completed within 50 minutes was low.
They also say that the new set of rules (see full message below) will be uniformly implemented in Riftbound tournaments globally, so we should expect to see these changes at the Bologna and Las Vegas Regional Qualifiers in February.
Old:
50 minutes + 5 turns
New:
60 minutes + 3 turns
- In the overtime period, a player must lead by 2 points to be declared the winner of the match.
- In the overtime period, if a player's lead is less than or equal to 1 point, the match will be declared a draw.
Current Azir List(9-1) after 50 BO3 games. I don't think the deck is a tier 1 but I love the design. The list is pretty straight forward: early game tempo into 6 cost spell to finish the game. Deathgrip is the mvp of the list however is unplayable from a losing position. Hide as much as you can, have fun!
Leona made some waves in our recent $700 #Riftbound Cash Cup!
@MrRishiTTV piloted this build to a fantastic 3-0 start!
Catch his featured Round 3 match below ⬇️
Thread on missed triggers in Riftbound and important for Houston.
As it currently stands ALL triggers need to be verbalized. If they are not - they are MISSED!
This means you need to annnounce effects like Thousand Tailed Watcher's Play effect and Ravenbloom Student's +1 (1/7)
I wanted to make a quick post regarding my Feature Match with @savjz at SCG Vegas 10k. First thing that I think is important is that by the time we started our 1st game we had already been playing Riftbound for 12 hours, everyone was pretty tired from such a long day of games. +
Yo did you guys see Setts new signature spell Freestopper? Allows you to conveniently hold up 1 Energy for Unyielding Spirit :'). The amount of people I've seen cheating and misplaying on stream today is insane.
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