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Riftbound Radiance: the cards, the chase and how to buy it at the box price

Riftbound's fifth set is out October 23, with Pre-Rift events from October 16. It's a music set, with K/DA and Heartsteel, and it has the rarest card Riot has printed so far. Here's what's in a pack, what collectors chase, how earlier sets have held up, how Riot's drawing works, and how to get a display at $119.99.

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Oct 23worldwide release; Pre-Rifts Oct 16–22
180cards, 66 of them Showcase
$119.99a 24-pack booster display at Riot's store
0.025%of packs hold the Ultimate Rare: Riot's average, not a guarantee

Sources: Riot Games (Radiance Overview, updated October 16; Drawing FAQ; Products and Sets into 2027).

In short

  • Every pack has one slot that can hold a chase card: an Alt Art, a K/DA Special, a Legend Overnumber (sometimes signed) or the Ultimate Rare.
  • The Ultimate Rare is a battlefield, Packed Amphitheater. Riot puts it in about 0.025% of packs (Riot's average, not a guarantee), "significantly harder to find than the Baron" from Unleashed.
  • Earlier displays still sell above $119.99: about 1.1 to 1.9 times on October 21. Radiance pre-orders were trading at about $147.
  • Riot sold its own displays by drawing, and picks went out from October 5. For everyone else, your local game store and Pre-Rift week are the way in.
01

What's in a pack

  1. 7Commons
  2. 3Uncommons
  3. 1Foil: Common, Uncommon, Rare or Epic
  4. 1Rare or Epic
  5. 1Rare, Epic, Alt Art, Special Alt, Overnumber or Ultimate Rare
  6. 1Token, Rune or Alt Art Rune
Riftbound Radiance booster display and booster pack
The display: 24 packs. Box art features Ekko and Seraphine. Image: Riot Games

Pack breakdown in Riot's words, plus an informational insert (Radiance Overview).

The set adds three new keywords: Deploy (gear that helps you while you hold a battlefield), Show Off (reveal a card to unlock an extra effect) and Disarm (cut an enemy's Might as you attack). It also adds Equipment Units through Orianna's Legend, and a Bomb token. Nine new Legends include Ekko, Seraphine, Evelynn, Ziggs, Jarvan IV, Orianna, Mordekaiser and K'Sante.

02

The chase

The five K/DA Special cards: Seraphine, Kai'Sa, Ahri, Akali and Evelynn
K/DA Specials Five Special Alt Arts. Riot: they appear "at roughly the same frequency as Alt Art cards."
Six Heartsteel Overnumber cards: K'Sante, Aphelios, Ezreal, Yone, Kayn and Sett
Heartsteel Overnumbers K'Sante, Aphelios, Ezreal, Yone, Kayn and Sett, with "OVN signature cards" too.
The Radiance Ultimate Rare battlefield card, Packed Amphitheater
The Ultimate Rare: Packed Amphitheater Riftbound's first Showcase battlefield. About 0.025% of packs: Riot's average, not a guarantee. "There is no guaranteed Ultimate Rare in any pack, box, or case."

Images and quotes: Riot Games (Radiance Overview; card gallery). Riot says its rates "reflect averages across the print run and are not guarantees".

Each of the nine new Legends also has an Overnumber, "which can be found with an artist's signature as well". In the last set, signed cards were the most expensive: Vendetta's signed Akali sold for about $3,230 ungraded, and four more signed cards for $1,100 to $1,350 (TCGplayer, October 6, 2026). Those are Vendetta prices, not a forecast for Radiance. Riot hasn't published a signature rate for this set (checked October 21).

03

How earlier displays have held up

Booster display, TCGplayer market price on October 21, 2026

$119.99Riot's price
$228Origins
Oct 2025
$166Spiritforged
Feb 2026
$165Unleashed
May 2026
$136Vendetta
Jul 2026
$147Radiance
pre-order
Market prices from TCGplayer. Riot's store lists $119.99 for Origins and Spiritforged (Riot Merch Store), and Riot's drawing FAQ gave $119.99 for Radiance when we read it on October 17, and Riot has since reused that page for another drawing. PHD Games lists the display at $120 for 24 packs (PHD Games, read October 22, 2026). Riot's Unleashed, Vendetta and Radiance store pages show no price (checked October 21).

The pattern so far: every display still sells above Riot's price. Newer sets have tended to sit closer to $119.99. Radiance pre-orders traded at about 1.2 times before release. Prices are snapshots, not forecasts.

04

How Riot sells it

"We missed the mark on demand."

Riot Games, after Origins (November 10, 2025)

Riot's own store first sold first-come-first-served. After Spiritforged pre-orders in January 2026, Riot said the sale "was not acceptable", even with "around fifty percent more product than Origins", and moved to random drawings (Riot Games).

  1. Sign up: September 25 to 30, for one Radiance display per Riot ID.
  2. Picks: from October 5. Winners get an email with a link that works for 24 hours.
  3. Redraws: unpurchased displays go back and someone new is drawn.
  4. Ships: from October 23.

Riot Games (Radiance Merch Store Update, Drawing FAQ).

How it went, so far: selection emails started going out on October 5 (Riftwatch, October 6, citing Riot). As of October 21, Riot hadn't said how many players were picked, and we found no reports of problems. We'll add the outcome here when Riot posts it.

05

Buying Radiance at the box price

  • Pre-Rift week, Oct 16–22

    Early play at participating game stores. Kits hold five Radiance boosters plus a Pre-Rift pack seeded for one of the nine new Legends, and players get a Heimerdinger, Academy Instructor promo while supplies last. Stores set the price. See what Pre-Rifts are.

  • Your local game store

    The main channel for displays. Ask about a pre-order at $119.99; marketplace listings ran about $147 on October 21.

  • Showdown Decks, $34.99

    Seraphine vs. Evelynn: two 56-card decks, two booster packs, two paper playmats and a rulebook. Riot has posted both decklists in its Radiance Overview.

  • Vault

    A storage box, six boosters, foil tokens and 36 Runes. Riot hasn't posted its price (checked October 21); distributors list $34.99.

  1. Don't chase pre-order prices. Every earlier set's display has sold for more than $119.99 since, but newer sets have tended to settle closer to it.
  2. Buy singles for a specific card. Riot's average for the Ultimate Rare is 0.025% of packs, not a guarantee and not something to open boxes for.
  3. Watch for Riot's next drawing. Our Windows page lists Riot drawings, and Deals shows who has Radiance at a fair price.

Every store and date: our Radiance release page. New to the game? Start with the Riftbound buying guide. How Riot's drawing compares with other stores' lines: store lines compared. Terms like drawing, display and Pre-Rift are in our glossary.

Card details and rates are Riot's, from the Radiance Overview (updated October 16). Display prices are TCGplayer snapshots on October 21, 2026, and the Vendetta single prices are from October 6; they change daily and aren't forecasts. Images: Riot Games (playriftbound.com).