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The upcoming League of Legends TCG, originally codenamed “Project K”, is now officially titled Riftbound: League of Legends Trading Card Game. Many new details were also announced regarding the upcoming game, including some characters you may find in the initial expansion, Origins. Other details, including some product information, are also now publicly available.

Riftbound: League of Legends Trading Card Game Press Details

According to Riot Games and UVS Games, the creator of League of Legends and the publisher of Riftbound, respectively, Riftbound: Origins will have over 300 cards. The inaugural set will feature a roster of many notable and popular champions from the LoL universe, including Annie, Garen, Jinx, Lee Sin, Lux, Master Yi, Viktor, Volibear, and Yasuo, among many others.

The release goes on to say the following:

• Project K is officially known as Riftbound: League of Legends Trading Card Game.

• Riftbound can be played in 1v1 and multiplayer formats including 2v2 and free-for-all.

• Riftbound will launch with its first set known as Origins. Origins will launch with over 300 different cards, including pre-constructed decks for the classic champions Viktor, Jinx, and Lee Sin.

  • Riftbound: Origins Champion Decks are ready-to-play decks with 56 cards.

  • Champion Decks feature a variety of card types including units, legends, champions, spells, gear, runes, and battlegrounds. 

• For new or casual players, Proving Grounds is the perfect way to kick off your Riftbound collection including starter decks featuring Lux, Annie, Master Yi, and Garen. 

  • Riftbound: Proving Grounds is a boxed set designed to play with 2-4 players.

• For those looking to power up their decks, 14-card booster packs with a variety of rarities will be available at launch.

• Riftbound […] will launch [in China] in Summer 2025 with Shining Soul. Riot Games and UVS Games will launch Riftbound in English-speaking countries in October 2025 and additional regional rollouts in 2026.  

  • Riot Games is partnering with UVS Games, an industry veteran with almost two decades of TCG experience, to ensure that players can find Riftbound in their local game stores and participate in organized play.

• Throughout the year, players will be able to demo and check out Riftbound decks at some of the upcoming Riot and tabletop events. 

• Final card design and gameplay mechanics are still in development.

Quotes From Riot Games‘ Top Brass

Chengran Chai, Riot Games Executive Producer, had the following to say on Riftbound:

“We’ve been incredibly humbled by the excitement and interest from players around the world who can’t wait to play Riftbound. We’re grateful to the growing Riftbound community and the TCG players who’ve jumped in early to share their feedback including the call for more original art and refined UI. That feedback encouraged us to level up the game experience by revisiting some of our design decisions and conducting more playtests to ensure that we’re delivering a game that players will love.”

Meanwhile, Riot Games Game Director Dave Guskin had this to say about the game:

“We fell in love with the name Riftbound as it evokes Summoner’s Rift, captures a sense of playful action that we see in the game, and it’s extremely catchy and concise. As we moved to finalizing the name, we discovered that an indie studio in Australia, Barrel Smash Studios, had already released a game under the same title. They generously took the time to meet with us to hear our game vision, listened to why we loved the name of Riftbound so much, and agreed to transition the Riftbound name to us. We look forward to bringing Riftbound into the TCG and League of Legends community by getting decks into the hands of players later this year.”

Riftbound Previews

Here are a few more cards previewed for Riftbound!

“Bound” To Be A Riot

Are you excited for Riftbound: League of Legends Trading Card Game? Do you have any expectations for champions you want in the game? Do the cards previewed look enticing to you? Sound off below!

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