With Legacy on the horizon, we’re taking a deeper dive into the upcoming packages so that you can be a part of at your native recreation retailer. As Riftbound grows and now we have seen extra about the way you play and need to play, we’ll re-evaluate and enhance our play packages.
Our imaginative and prescient for Riftbound play is to construct two play packages which assist us serve the several types of gamers in Riftbound: a Aggressive ladder that serves gamers striving to compete and a separate construction that we have cleverly named ‘Enjoyable-petitive’ to offer a construction that rewards gamers for being lively at their native recreation shops and is much less concerning the drive to win and extra concerning the drive to socialize and take part.
On the core, good play packages are about incentivizing and rewarding gamers for taking part in the best way they need to play, and we really feel Riftbound is served greatest by constructing each of those tracks.
This is not to say these are two separate swimming pools of gamers. When you could also be drawn to 1 or the opposite, there are actually instances the streams will cross, and it is possible for you to to play in each. Good communities thrive on the variety of their gamers.
Pre-Rift occasions will stay a staple of our play packages. The Legacy Pre-Rifts will kick off January 22, 2026, and run by means of January 28, 2026. Pre-Rifts will fall primarily within the Enjoyable-petitive aspect of the play packages, however now we have little question gamers who’re pushed by mastery will be a part of alongside gamers who need to simply cling and play some card video games.
Summoner Skirmish Sundown & Bye-Again Particulars
Evaluate this to the soon-to-be sundown Summoner Skirmish program. As we shared within the State of Play article, this program was discovered to be in an ungainly place. It had nice promos and funky playmats our social gamers needed to chase, but in addition Byes that our best gamers had been pushed to farm. The combined incentives, mixed with the challenges we outlined across the bye-reward program, led us to rethink our retailer packages and land on the brand new Nexus Cup & Challenger Sequence packages.
With the announcement of Summoner Skirmish’s coming retirement, we shared that we had been engaged on plans for any unused Byes that you just earned however had been unable to make use of. We have got that replace for you right here.
If in case you have any unused Summoner Skirmish byes it is possible for you to to redeem them at any Regional in 2027. You are able to do so by contacting UVS after registering for the occasion and emailing OP@uvsgames.com. The UVS assist workforce will be capable of implement this bye for you forward of the occasion. Emails should be despatched no later than 14 days previous to the beginning of the occasion. You can even implement the bye on-site on the occasion whenever you decide up your badge, forward of the beginning of the principle occasion.
When you can not, or don’t need to redeem any earned byes, we might be providing to exchange them with a promo from Set 7, The Reckoning. We might be sharing it with gamers sooner or later after we open the redemption for this promo subsequent yr.
We’ll be again with extra details about the way it will work as we get nearer, however we do have solutions for a few of your most necessary questions on this program now:
- Byes might be redeemed 1-for-1 with the promo (a number of byes obtain a number of promos).
- This promo will solely be out there by way of this redemption program.
- Redemptions will have to be accomplished by December 31, 2027, at 11:59:59pm Pacific.
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Now, on to the brand new packages launching in January with Legacy.
Nexus Cup
Nexus Cup asks the query “Who’s the native champion?” This can be a per-set occasion at LGS geared toward crowning your retailer’s greatest. The Nexus Cup would not feed up into the aggressive packages; it is about native recognition and bragging rights.
Whereas we did reveal the promo from The Reckoning, we aren’t going to be revealing any Legacy promos in the present day. What we are able to share is that the prizing for Nexus Cup will appear to be the next:
Prizing will look acquainted to Summoner Skirmish gamers in that the promos might be:
- Winner & High 8 promos – Sharing the identical card, with distinctive stamps to indicate the position
- Winner playmat
- Participation promos – A singular promo for gamers who compete within the occasion.
As we word within the different article in the present day concerning the play packages, we’re engaged on a ‘Enjoyable-petitive’ play program, we’ll share extra particulars on that sooner or later.
Problem Sequence
This can be a per-set program which might be out there to pick out Riftbound Gaming Community shops. As this instantly feeds into the aggressive ladder, we need to keep a sure bar for shops to fulfill to qualify to run these occasions in order to present gamers the perfect expertise and reduce points as they start their ascent up the ranked ladder.
If you have not learn it but, you’ll want to learn the other article today as it is going to give a a lot deeper overview of the aggressive program, introduce Ladder Factors, and dive into the advantages it affords as gamers rise within the ranks. We can’t delve deeply into the main points of it right here, however here is a fast introduction.
Ladder Factors are the factors gamers earn as a part of aggressive Riftbound occasions. Ladder Factors elevate your rank on the Ladder, and every rank awards you advantages. You earn Ladder Factors primarily based in your end in aggressive occasions. Problem Sequence award Ladder Factors if you happen to end within the High 32 of the occasion.
As 2026 made clear, lots of you’re hungry for the aggressive challenges of Riftbound, and the Problem Sequence is to assist fill that demand.
Problem Sequence occasions will award each promos and Problem Factors to opponents. For the launch of this sequence the rewards will look as follows:
| Prizes | Ladder Factors | |
| 1st |
Winner Promo High 8 Promo Regional Token |
20 |
| 2nd | High 8 Promo | 18 |
| High 4 | High 8 Promo | 15 |
| High 8 | High 8 Promo | 10 |
| High 16 | 5 | |
| High 32 | 3 |
These promos might be of the identical card with distinctive stamps to indicate a winner vs a High 8 finisher. As with the Nexus Cup, we aren’t able to reveal the promo for this but, cling in there.
Since we’re sharing an ideal deal concerning the organized participant packages for 2027 on this and the opposite article, we all know you’ve got questions and the group will elevate points to deal with. Keep tuned for updates or follow-ups primarily based on the group conversations.
If you wish to perceive extra concerning the bigger program, Ladder Factors, the ranked ladder and extra – study extra in the other article today.
Preserve a watch out within the coming weeks for shops to start itemizing these occasions so you’ll be able to register and compete as a part of Legacy in 2027!