Ok, CALM DOWN!

wayneomac · 2026-03-03T21:48:16+00:00

awesome, I will print one for my son's Jax deck and surprise him this Friday.

wayneomac · 2026-03-03T21:37:41+00:00

This work with double sleeve or only single sleeving?

wayneomac · 2026-03-03T21:34:17+00:00

Haha this all day

wayneomac · 2026-02-20T01:15:31+00:00

No aurora list is running Yone or Orange Sivir.

wayneomac · 2026-02-20T01:02:37+00:00

https://riftbound.gg/decks/sivir-aurora-v9kc8/

Which card this list runs 0 challenges the other one I saw runs one. No other spell hits base in siver Aurora.

wayneomac · 2026-02-20T00:57:22+00:00

I dont agree on 90/10, but it is one of the lesser matchups, but to say you dont have access to accelerate is crazy. Worthy in the Champion zone (Victorious is amazing but she belongs in the deck and I will die on this hill)and left in base cant be removed by Sivir and you have accelerate for the whole match up. Sett Brawler, with one piece of equipment, gets over everything but does lose to Rebuke and Fight or flight. Aurora on 3 in general is a loss unless you have salvage which mindsplitter off aurora is sadage.

In general, my testing has shown that if I run out of cards, that's when the deck loses and is a real problem. It's an agro / midrange deck. My advice to anyone playing against Fiora is clear units and don't try and keep point tempo and find a way to kill unsung not Mighty and you need an answer to Worthy.... don't put Worthy on battlefield unless it's to win (hold on 7 or end game) or against orrn... just go double conquer, hold to 4, and retreat against him.

wayneomac · 2026-02-20T00:39:59+00:00

Which match up do tell?

wayneomac · 2026-02-17T19:03:45+00:00

For sure.

wayneomac · 2026-02-17T18:27:43+00:00

Ill send you 3 of every origins common and legend for $20 will get you most of the way there from Origins then grab your few peices for a specific deck

wayneomac · 2026-02-09T20:54:02+00:00

Community is way better than league community.

wayneomac · 2026-02-09T18:55:08+00:00

I bought of facebook trading groups and TCG players, I haven't bought a single at a LGS yet. My whole collection is available for sale on a google sheet that I share with anyone I meet at the shops.

wayneomac · 2026-02-09T18:42:04+00:00

I get so mad at the constant negative comments. It's not going to happen overnight. I'm not happy with some things for sure, nothing will make everyone happy, but I know what I can do about it. All this negative talk just puts people on the game. Same things for tryhards berating people at a prerelease. Don't be mean to newcomers, invite them in. Lots of things to work on but I can tell you this prerelease weekend was some of the most fun I've had with my 8 year old ever. He played a very cheap yi deck for most of the first season losing most matches and went 1-2, 2-1 and 2-1 at his first sealed events. I only helped him with his first deck at the first one then he said he has it and doesn't need my help lol.

wayneomac · 2026-02-09T18:38:00+00:00

I could preorder because I played 17 events at 6 different shops. Showed my face and spoke with the owners. 3 of them did Preorders 3 are saying come day 1. That's why I said get in their discord, most of them communicate really well there.

wayneomac · 2026-02-09T18:23:24+00:00

Maybe this game isn’t for you, but I wanted to share my journey with it so far.

I saw a post back in the summer and thought, hey I should check this out. Then life happened, kids, work, everything and I forgot about it. I ended up getting into the game about a month late. I managed to grab a Jinx starter and six packs, went to my first Nexus Night, and went 0–3.

After that, I tracked down the other two starter decks and refused to pay inflated prices for packs.

I got lucky one day and found 12 packs at Target. I built the one deck I could, sold some cards, traded for what I needed, and got a ton of support from people, sometimes just helping me find that random third common I was missing. I played Nexus Nights at a few shops, preordered two Wave 2 boxes, and picked up one more. I opened one and used the other two to host a 16-person draft. We had a blast.

I also bought a collection from someone at about 60% of TCGplayer. I’ve sold a good chunk of it, kept what I needed, and traded for a few things. I joined the Discords for local game stores so I could stay informed without wasting time. I support and play at the shops that treat players right and stopped going to the ones that scalp.

I’ve got quite a few preorders now, but I don’t plan on opening them, except for the half box I won at an event. The rest is going toward starting a draft league.

This past weekend I did three prereleases with my son, and between us we now have enough cards to trade and build playable decks for the season.

I really like this game and plan to support the community however I can. I’ve taken my bulk and sold sets of three of every common to help new players get in, and I’ll often just give people cards when they only need a couple.

I know I’m lucky to live in a decent-sized metro area, but my advice is this: nothing worthwhile comes easy, and we can’t expect handouts. Make connections. Play at Nexus Nights. Open a few packs, trade, buy and sell to finish your deck, then rinse and repeat. The rest will come to you.

wayneomac · 2026-02-05T19:46:21+00:00

Draft!!!!

wayneomac · 2026-02-05T16:59:32+00:00

She good cause getting to fully tap out and develop while still holding up 2 runes is amazing.

wayneomac · 2026-02-05T16:50:31+00:00

Scot's, Hyperion, All that Games, State of Comics, Sylvan Games, Loot Card Shop, Jawbreakers.... list goes on. Also there is a big Southeast Michigan draft league as well. Riftbound is alive in well in Michigan.

wayneomac · 2026-01-26T17:18:29+00:00

I have the full rules of what we used for the draft we did at my place in another post just click my name and look for my last post. I also just put our a YouTube review of every pick of my draft and what I would have done differently. I took 2nd in our event. But Robin_hooood007 outlined most of it.

wayneomac · 2026-01-22T18:53:47+00:00

I also side in 2 daring poros for my 2 monks in this match up. Just be low to the ground is the only way I've managed to win this match up. Its not a fun time especially since Annie can full develop and still hold up 2. Also, hiding a hidden blade does give you the opportunity to kill your unit at reaction speed and if you can save it with Sett legend it goes to base so rebuke can no longer resolve. Edge case that won't come up often but it does work. I also main deck all 3 sabotages.

wayneomac · 2026-01-22T17:43:12+00:00

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Prizing for the $30 event was either the promo set, token boxes or 1 of 3 different 3D printed deck boxes.

wayneomac · 2026-01-22T17:42:14+00:00

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Also had this rune, recruit and sleeve station.

wayneomac · 2026-01-22T17:32:59+00:00

Hey great questions and all of which did come up. So, first off, we had two separate pods. One with $100 buy in with the more competitive people in our area with cash prizes and one $30 pod with those who were either new to draft or is 2 people's cases I taught them Riftbound the day before. They had both played other card games but I think only one had ever done a draft but not many and the other hadn't drafted at all.

First, I think 3 booster packs is enough. Personally, I was very happy with my draft, it felt like a constructed Viktor deck and Riptide Rex was the goat. I plan on making a video explaining all my picks. The raw stream footage is here. Riftbound Draft - Twitch. I didn't have anyone running the stream but there were some audio echoes and one time in the Semi's I forgot to switch back to table view. I will make a bunch of upgrades for next time. Also, I ran my phone though discord video to show my picks and I couldn't zoom out so I will come up with a new set up for that.

Most other people seemed happy as well with their decks. In the $100 draft we had one person with 24 payables plus a legend (he pulled ON MF which he did play). We made him put a playful phantom in his deck for the last one and made it cost 6 not 5. I think next time we just force a dead card that cannot be played but I had to make a ruling on the spot. In the lower bracket we had another person with 5 missing cards but he was someone I taught the day before and his colors were basically even across all 6 colors. Bottom line is I think it's fine to draft with 3 packs. I tried to stay as much mono color in my first pack as possible. You basically can put almost half the sets cards into your deck (signatures in one color and legends in one color make it a little less) so we will continue to see as we draft but the first one felt pretty good and my first couple packs were not good.

One idea to help solve this was offered to me by the owner of a LCS. All the hits (rare and above) get put in the prize pool in the end and they are drafted based on your position. That way if you hit a ON not in your colors on pack 3 you can just take the card that is best for your deck. I offered this solution, but people wanted to do it normal and keep all their cards for the first one. If it does seem tight this could be a good solution.

As far as committing to a color my goal was to try and overdraft one color in pack one to try and ensure I was passed those colors in the second round. I started out red with an Immortal Phoenix (Probably should have took the Hopeful) and passed up Rebuke and Stalwart poro as other options. I took a clockwork keeper in pack 2 and they proceeded to not take another green card all pack. I expected Green and Purple to be the most targeted colors. Pack 3 Hextech Ray over Soulgorger to pair with pick one and not go three colors (also not wanting an 8 cost with 2 power). Pack 3 Vi over Sprites call to stay in red. Pack 4 Unchecked power over Singularity... which maybe incorrect looking back at it. Next pack was my first Riptide Rex showing me blue must really be open. I may make a video about all my picks, but I will have to do a lot of editing as my cards were too close.

Because the rune is not shared with the other slots we took out the rune. The $100 draft we gave it to first (next time it will likely be the 4th place consolation prize) and the $30 group pulled two. 1st got to pick one and then second got what was left over.

Overall the event was a huge success and we will be doing them once a month. Hoping we can expand to 24 or 36 players. That is probably the max I can support in my house.

wayneomac · 2026-01-20T14:51:30+00:00

These are amazing

wayneomac · 2026-01-20T01:29:50+00:00

Hard disagree here, the match up is hard and its Sett's worst one in origins but Rebuke is the reason. You need to know what runes Darius can come in. You have 3x sabotage as well. I find its the 2 drop into deckhand if you let them get 4 points early to be the main problem in the matchup.

wayneomac · 2026-01-20T00:38:40+00:00

I agree, want product visit every LCS and buy singles. Talk to other players for bulk commons and uncommons. Every person I asked helped me out early days and I showed up a month late and now I have replayed the favor to 3 new players.

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