Description

Legacy is built around regional identity. The six regions of Demacia, Noxus, Ionia, Piltover/Zaun, Freljord, and Bilgewater each have a presence in the set’s cards and mechanics, with the goal of making each game feel like a clash between two regional playstyles rather than just two decks. It is also the first Riftbound set designed with drafting as a priority.

Starting with Legacy, one Common card slot in each booster pack is being replaced with a slot dedicated to either a Legend or a Battlefield card at roughly 50/50 frequency. This means Legacy packs and all sets going forward will contain 6 Common cards instead of 7.

Showcase Legends and Battlefields are not affected by this change and will continue to appear in the Overnumber slots as before.

Legacy introduces two visual changes to how cards are templated.

• A grey backer is being added to words in rules text that are targets, making it easier to identify at a glance which parts of a card’s text are targetable without needing to reference the core rules.
• A new arrow symbol is being introduced to separate the condition of a triggered ability from its effect. Everything to the left of the arrow is the trigger condition, everything to the right is the resulting ability.

The word “Play” is also being cleaned up. Token creation will now use “Create” as its verb, and “When you play me” will become “When I enter” on all future cards.