How do you sort a Riftbound binder?

A binder is where many collectors of Riftbound: the League of Legends trading card game keep the cards they like to look through. The order of a binder decides how quickly you find a card and how easily you see which cards you still lack. There is no official order, but the numbers Riot prints on every card make one order easier than any other, and players who build decks often want a second one.

The examples below use pages of nine pockets, three rows of three. Pages of four or twelve work the same way.

What is the simplest order for a Riftbound binder?

The simplest order is by set and collector number, the code at the bottom left of every card, such as OGN · 030/298 on Jinx, Demolitionist. Each standard card of a set has a number of its own, so each card has one fixed pocket in the binder.

Riot fills every main set in much the same order, so a binder sorted by number is sorted by domain as well. In Spiritforged the Fury cards run from 001 to 030, and Calm, Mind, Body, Chaos and Order follow in blocks of 30. The Legends come next from 181, each one right before the signature cards of its champion, and the battlefields close the set from 207 to 221.

How many pages does each set need?

The table counts the pages for the standard cards of each set, one pocket for each number, with a page as one side of a sheet. Radiance, with its release on 23 October 2026, is counted at the 167 numbers printed on its cards. The showcase printings, runes and tokens numbered outside the set need a few pages more.

Leave a pocket empty for every card you do not have yet. Each card then keeps its place, the gaps show what is missing, and a new card goes straight into its pocket. In most binders the first page sits on the right, opposite the inside of the cover, so a set that starts on a left-hand page shows 18 numbers in a row on every spread. With nine pockets a page, the 180 domain cards of Spiritforged or of Unleashed then fill exactly ten spreads, and the Legends begin on a fresh spread at 181.

Where do the alternate art, overnumbered and signed cards go?

The showcase printings go after the last number of their set, or into a binder of their own. Overnumbered cards sort themselves: Origins ends at 298, so its overnumbered Legends follow from 299, and the overnumbered Daughter of the Void is 299/298. A signed printing carries the same number with a star, so the signed Daughter of the Void is 299*/298. The Ultimate Rares are numbered past the set as well, such as Baron Nashor at UNL · 238/219.

An alternate art printing keeps the number of the card it reprints with an a after it, so Jinx, Rebel in alternate art is 202a/298 and Ahri, Inquisitive in alternate art is 119a/298. A pocket beside the standard card would push every later card along, so the alternate art printings are easier to gather on a page after the overnumbered cards. The special printings numbered SP, such as the Crystal Rose Kai'Sa, Survivor from Vendetta, have a numbering of their own and fit in the same place.

A binder of their own, kept at home, suits these cards, since they are the rarest of each set and the ones most worth protecting with side-loading binder pages. Most promo cards, such as the Nexus Night promos, keep the set code and number of the card they reprint, so they can follow the same plan in a section of their own.

Where do battlefields, runes and tokens go?

Battlefields are printed sideways, so they sit turned in a pocket, and the numbering already puts them on the last pages of each set.

Runes and tokens are numbered in two ways. Origins numbers its six basic runes inside the domains, such as the Fury Rune at 007/298, and its four tokens from 271 to 274, just before the battlefields, which begin with Altar to Unity at 275/298. Later sets number their tokens apart with a T, like the Recruit at VEN · T04, and from Vendetta on the basic runes run from R01 for Fury to R06 for Order, like the Fury Rune at VEN · R01. These cards fit on a page after the battlefields. A deck needs 12 runes (Core Rules 103.4.a), so the runes you play with are easier to keep with the deck than in a binder.

How do you sort a binder for building decks?

For building decks, a binder sorted by domain across all sets works better than one sorted by set. A deck plays the two domains of its Legend, so with every Fury card on the same few pages you see at once what a Fury deck could use. Within a domain, sorting by Energy cost or by card type, units first and then spells and gear, makes a gap easy to spot. The colorless cards, the Legends and the battlefields each get a section of their own.

A deck may hold up to three copies of a card with the same name (Core Rules 103.3.b), and a page of nine pockets has three rows of three. Giving each card one row, with its three copies side by side, puts three cards with all their copies on a page, and an empty pocket in a row shows how many copies are still missing.

Can you sort a binder by champion?

Yes. A champion binder gives each champion a page or two, with the Legend first and then the signature cards and the champion units from every set. Ahri shows how the cards of a champion fit together: her Legend Nine-Tailed Fox, her signature spell Fox-Fire, Ahri, Alluring and Ahri, Inquisitive come from Origins, and Ahri, Confident comes from Radiance, with its release on 23 October 2026. This order suits a player who builds around a favorite champion. New sets add cards to old champions, so leave a few empty pockets after each one. The champions page lists the cards of each champion together, such as those of Ahri.

Can you plan a binder on this site?

Yes. With an account you can lay out binders under your binders before you move a single card. A binder comes in three sizes, with four, nine or twelve pockets a page. You drag the cards of your collection into its pockets and turn its pages like a real binder. It keeps foil and plain copies apart, adds up what the cards in it are worth, and can be shared with a link.

Every set page of the card list, such as Spiritforged, can be sorted by card number, which gives the order of a set binder. The spares that do not fit in a binder, such as every copy past the third, go into storage boxes sorted by set. A binder sorted by set also shows at a glance how far a collection is from a complete set, since every empty pocket is a card still missing.